Young Femininity

Girlhood, Power and Social Change

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by Sinikka Aapola, Marnina Gonick and Anita Harris

Palgrave

Due/Published March 2005, 256 pages, paper

ISBN 0333965124

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 a wide-ranging text for students of sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.

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