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Author:   Jessica Ringrose (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780415557481

ISBN 10:   0415557488
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   09 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Post-feminist discourses, education and girls 2. Successful Girls? Exploring educational media and policy ‘scapes’ and the postfeminist panic over feminine ‘success’ 3. Mean or violent girls? Exploring the postfeminist panic over feminine aggression 4. Sexy girls? The middle class postfeminist panic over girls’ ‘sexualisation’ and the protectionist discourses of sex education 5. Rethinking debates on girls’ agency: Critiquing postfeminist discourses of ‘choice 6. Towards a new discursive, psychosocial and affective theoretical-methodological approach 7. Sexual regulation and embodied resistance: Teen girls entering into and negotiating competitive heterosexualized, postfeminist femininity 8. Girls negotiating postfeminist, sexualised media contexts 9. Conclusion: Ways forward for feminism and education

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Jessica Ringrose is Lecturer in Sociology of Gender and Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has authored numerous articles and book contributions on the issues surrounding girlhood, gender and achievement.

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