Overview

This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contemporary theoretical and popular discourses, and to examine how young women from different social backgrounds and cultural contexts negotiate their gendered identities. Encompassing topics such as sexuality, the body, friendship, family, education, work and citizenship, this is an appealing and wide-ranging text for students of sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.

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Author:   Sinikka Aapola ,  Marnina Gonick ,  Anita Harris
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9780333965115

ISBN 10:   0333965116
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   22 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Girl Power: Representations of the ""New Girl"" Reviving Ophelia: Girlhood as Crisis Education, Work and Self-Making Girls and the Changing Family Re/sisters: Girls' Cultures and Friendships Sexuality and the Body: Old Binaries and New Possibilities Politics, Citizenship and Young Women Feminism, Power and Social Change Conclusion Bibliography Index."

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SINIKKA AAPOLA is a Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. MARNINA GONICK is a Sociologist specializing in educational sociology and media studies. She is Assistant Professor, Education and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA. ANITA HARRIS is a Political Scientist specializing in feminist theory. She lectures in the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Australia.

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