Gender Representation in Primary English Textbooks in Mainland China 1978 to 2003
H. Wu, W. L. Liu

Abstract
The study aims to investigate the gender representation in three sets of primary English textbooks published by People’s Education Press (PEP) from 1978 to 2003 in China. Results suggested that during the past over thirty years, although progress was perceived, gender bias was still persistent in primary English textbooks, with female invisibility in texts and illustrations, gender stereotypes in occupational and domestic roles, and domestic and school activities, and inequality in utterances and instances of female and male firstness.

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