Bibliograph

All about the girl, culture, power, and identity, edited by Anita Harris ; with a foreword by Michelle Fine

Type

Label

All about the girl, culture, power, and identity, edited by Anita Harris ; with a foreword by Michelle Fine

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

facsimilesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All about the girl

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Anita Harris ; with a foreword by Michelle Fine

Sub title

culture, power, and identity

Summary

The essays in this text cover girlhood around the world and cover such key areas as schooling, sexuality, popular culture and identity., This groundbreaking collection offers a complicated portrait of girls in the 21st Century. These are the riot grrls and the Spice Girls, the good girls and the bad girls who are creating their own "girl" culture and giving a whole new meaning to "grrl" power. Featuring provocative essays from leaders in the field like Michelle Fine, Angela McRobbie, Valerie Walkerdine, Nancy Lesko, Niobe Way and Deborah Tolman, this work brings to life the ever-changing identities of today's young women. The contributors cover all aspects of girlhood from around the world and strike upon such key areas as schooling, sexuality, popular culture and identity. This is new scholarship at its best

Target audience

specialized

Classification