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Author:   Donna Marie Johnson ,  Alice E. Ginsberg
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9781438455976

ISBN 10:   1438455976
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   01 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Illustrations Foreword: Difficult Dialogues Lyn Mikel Brown Acknowledgments Introduction: Girls' Studies: What's New? Donna Marie Johnson and Alice E. Ginsberg Part I: New Ways of Knowing About Girls 1. A Call to Action: Education Scholarship Meeting the Needs of African American Elementary and Secondary School Girls Donna Marie Johnson 2. Girl Uninterrupted: Using Interactive Voice Diaries as a Girls' Studies Research Method Dana Edell 3. ""It Means that I Am Knowledge"": GirlPAR as an Emergent Methodology Laura Boutwell and Faduma Guhad 4. ""Talking Out of School"": Crossing and Extending Borders with Collaborative Research in Girls' Studies, Women's Studies, and Teacher Education Sheila Hassell Hughes and Carolyn S. Ridenour 5. Stop Saving the Girl? Pedagogical Considerations for Transforming Girls' Studies Katy Strzepek 6. Beyond ""Us"" Versus ""Them"": Transnationalizing Girlhood Studies Shana L. Calixte Part II: Girl Power Redefined 7. High School Classrooms as Contested Sites of Future Feminist Power: Explicating Marginality Beyond Disadvantage into Power Kerrita K. Mayfield 8. From Cyborgs to Cybergrrrls: Redefining ""Girl Power"" Through Digital Literacy Leandra Preston-Sidler 9. ""Off Balance"": Talking About Girls' Health in the Era of the ""Obesity Epidemic"" Marie Drews 10. ""Babies Havin' Babies"": Examining Visual Representations of Teenage Pregnancy Candice J. Merritt 11. ""At-Risk"" for Greatness: Girls' Studies Programs and the Art of Growing Up Alice E. Ginsberg 12. Standing on Shoulders Strong: A Conversation with Leading Girls Studies Scholars Moderated by Dr. Donna Johnson Discussants: Lyn Mikel Brown, Peggy Orenstein, Stephanie Sears, Bianca L. Guzman, Elline Lipkin, Sheila Hassell Hughes, and Alice Ginsberg List of Contributors Index

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Donna Marie Johnson is an independent scholar, researcher, educator, and girls' advocate. Alice E. Ginsberg is a Curricula Development and Teacher Education Specialist at the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Embracing Risk in Urban Education: Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage in the Era of ""No Excuses"" and Evolution of American Women's Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies, and Change.

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