Girlhood
is a collection of essays on girls, girlhood and girl
culture. Drawing from the works of national and
international scholars, this book focuses on the
multifaceted nature of girls' lived experiences.
Examined is racism, sexism and classism; the power
and politics of schoolgirl style; encounters with
violence; cyberspace; sexuality; identity formation;
and popular culture.
This
groundbreaking collection offers a complicated
portrait of girls in the 21st century: good girls and
bad girls, girls who are creating their own girl
culture and giving a whole new meaning to
"girl" power. These provocative essays
cover all aspects of girlhood as they bring to life
the ever-changing identities of today's young women.
Table of Contents
YASMIN
JIWANI is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Communication Studies at Concordia University,
Montreal. She is the author of Discourses
of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender, and Violence
in Canadian Society
(forthcoming). Her work has appeared in Violence
Against Women, The Journal of Popular Film and
Television, and in Critique:
Critical Middle Eastern Studies.
CANDIS
STEENBERGEN is a Ph.D. candidate in the Humanities:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at
Concordia University, Montreal. A former editor of good
girl magazine, she has
contributed to numerous publications including Turbo
Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms
and The Encyclopedia of American
Social Movements.
CLAUDIA
MITCHELL, Ph.D., is a James McGill Professor in the
Faculty of Education, McGill University, where she
does research on girlhood, youth, culture and HIV and
AIDS, visual methodologies and teacher identity. She
is the co-author and co-editor of a number of books
including Seven Going on
Seventeen: Tween Studies in the Culture of Girlhood
(with J. Reid-Walsh).
288
pages,
6x9, photographs, bibliography, index
Paperback ISBN: 1-55164-276-X $26.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-55164-277-8 $55.99
Feminist Studies / Cultural Studies
January 2006
