Social Class, Gender, and Adolescents'''' Comics Culture

• Main Authors: Tung Wan-Fen, 童琬芬
• Other Authors: Chien-chen Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81286774996943739329

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 90 === This study enquires into the comics-reading culture of adolescents, with a view to exploring the differences affected by gender and social class. The field work employed participant observation and semi-structured interview techniques on two junior high schools in Taipei. While one of the schools is in a middle-upper-class community, the other locates in a working-class neighborhood. The major findings are as follows: 1.Comics reading is a peculiar form of adolescents’ popular culture. It is also a form of resistance towards authorities. Teenagers not merely take pleasure in reading comic books, they also develop personal identities and share ideas and feelings with peers through comics-related activities. 2.Adolescents of middle-upper-class origins are more productive and adhere more often to the resistance code in comics reading than their working-class counterparts. 3.When compared with boys, teenage girls tend to be the only readers for love stories and are more likely to become fans of comics, though the middle-upper-class girls are less gender-divided than working-class girls. 4.While girls are more interested in the style of drawing as well as the appearance and personality traits of comic roles, boys are more interested in the story told by comic books and the talent exhibited by comic figures.