Dear Becky,
Maybe these papers could be useful for your student:
Crisp, T. & Hiller, B. (2011). ‘‘Is This a Boy or a Girl?’’: Rethinking Sex-Role Representation in Caldecott Medal-Winning Picturebooks, 1938–2011. Children’s Literature in Education, 42:196–212. DOI 10.1007/s10583-011-9128-1
Anderson, D. A. & Hamilton, M. (2005). Gender Role Stereotyping of Parents in Children’s Picture Books: The Invisible Father. Sex Roles, 52 (3/4). DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-1290-8
Adams, M., Walker, C. & O’Connell, P. (2011). Invisible or Involved Fathers? A Content Analysis of Representations of Parenting in Young Children’s
Picturebooks in the UK. Sex Roles, 65, 259–270.
DOI 10.1007/s11199-011-0011-8
Tepper, C. A. & Wright, K. (1999). Gender Differences in Emotional Language in Children’s Picture Books. Sex Roles, 40 (3/4).
DeWitt, A. L., Cready, C. M. & Seward, R. R. (2013). Parental Role Portrayals in Twentieth Century Children’s Picture Books: More Egalitarian or Ongoning Stereotyping? Sex Roles, 69, 89-106- DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0285-0
I found them in Springer. I know they are not specific about masculinity, but maybe reading these papers you could find new references.
Best wishes.
Leonor Ruiz.
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