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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450470903321

Titolo

Geographies of girlhood [[electronic resource] ] : identities in-between / / edited by Pamela J. Bettis, Natalie G. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-282-32381-4

9786612323812

1-4106-1263-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Inquiry and pedagogy across diverse contexts

Altri autori (Persone)

BettisPamela <1955->

AdamsNatalie G

Disciplina

305.235/5

Soggetti

Girls - United States - Social conditions

Girls - United States - Psychology

Teenage girls - United States

Preteens - United States

Identity (Psychology) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Landscapes of Girlhood; PART I: BEFORE SCHOOL; PART II: AT SCHOOL; PART III: AFTER SCHOOL; Afterword: Girlhood, Place, and Pedagogy; Author Biographies; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Geographies of Girlhood: Identities In-Between explores how adolescent girls come to understand themselves as female in this culture, particularly during a time when they are learning what it means to be a woman and their identities are in-between that of child and adult, girl and woman. It illuminates the everyday realities of adolescent girls and the real issues that concern them, rather than what adult researchers think is important to adolescent girls. The contributing authors take seriously what girls have to say about themselves and the places and discursive spaces that they inhab