Format:
Online-Ressource (2 v. in 1 (xxxii, 702 p.))
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ill
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27 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780313084447
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9780313339080
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9780313339097
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9780313339103
Content:
Never before has so much popular culture been produced about what it means to be a girl in today's society. From the first appearance of Nancy Drew in 1930, to Seventeen magazine in 1944 to the emergence of Bratz dolls in 2001, girl culture has been increasingly linked to popular culture and an escalating of commodities directed towards girls of all ages. Editors Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh investigate the increasingly complex relationships, struggles, obsessions, and idols of American tween and teen girls who are growing up faster today than ever before.||From pre-school to
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Girl Culture; Contents; List of Entries; Guide to Related Topics; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1 Studying Girl Culture: A Reader's Guide; Introduction to Part 1; Part 2 Girl Culture A to Z; Selected Bibliography; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Index;
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pt. 1. Studying girl culture : a readers' guide. Introduction to part 1 / Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh -- What does it mean to be a girl in the twenty-first century? : exploring some contemporary dilemmas of femininity and girlhood in the West / Jessica Ringrose and Valerie Walkerdine -- How to study girl culture / Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh -- Doll culture / Juliette Peers -- Barbie culture / Catherine Driscoll -- Disney and girlhood / Hoi F. Cheu -- Romance in teen publications / Naomi R. Johnson -- Style and girl culture / Shauna Pomerantz -- Ballet and girl culture / Juliette Peers -- Girls' literacy practices / Meredith Cherland -- Girls, digital culture, and new media / Katynka Z. Martínez -- Girl gamers / Suzanne de Castell and Jennifer Jenson -- Representations of girls and young women in film as an entry point to studying girl culture / Margaret Tally -- Whose girlhood? : race, representation, and girlhood / Elaine Correa -- Girlhood in the time of AIDS : popular images, representations, and their effects / Nancy Lesko and Elisabeth Johnson -- pt. 2. Girl culture A to Z.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Girl Culture [Two Volumes] : An Encyclopedia
Language:
English
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