Girls' bodies: oppressed, forgotten, liberated. A cross-reading between child and gender pedagogy

The essay will intersect the analytical tools of Childhood Education and those of Gender Education in the aim of investigating on one hand, the cultural and social cages that have historically moulded girls' bodies, and on the other, the unprecedented spaces of exploration and experimentation of diverse types of corporeity. More specifically, while drawing on the new "little girl" models conveyed by children's books, we will also look at contemporary figurative art and at the work of several female artists committed to deconstructing the stereotypes of feminine childhood. Irene Biemmi wrote the section 1; Emiliano Macinai wrote the sections 2 and 3.