Girls in power [[electronic resource] ] : gender, body, and menstruation in adolescence / / Laura Fingerson
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| Autore: |
Fingerson Laura <1974->
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| Titolo: |
Girls in power [[electronic resource] ] : gender, body, and menstruation in adolescence / / Laura Fingerson
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.235/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Teenage girls - Psychology |
| Menstruation - Social aspects | |
| Human body - Social aspects | |
| Sex role | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Negative and Ambivalent Experiences -- Cultural Contexts -- Medicalization and Gender Politics of the Body -- Girls in Power -- Boys’ Responses -- Conclusion -- Participants in Individual and Group Interviews -- Interview Guides -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Girls in Power offers a fascinating and unique look at the social aspects of menstruation in the lives of adolescent girls—and also in the lives of adolescent boys. Although there has been much research on other aspects of gender and the body, this is one of the few books to examine menstruation and the first to explore how it plays a part in power interactions between boys and girls. Talking openly in single- and mixed-gender settings, individuals and groups of high school–age girls and boys share their interpretations and experiences of menstruation. Author Laura Fingerson reveals that while teens have negative feelings about menstruation, teen girls use their experiences of menstruation as a source of embodied power in their interactions with other girls and with boys. She also explores how boys deal with their own reduced power. The book extends our theoretical and analytical understanding of youth, gender, power, and embodiment by providing a more balanced view of adolescent social life. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Girls in power |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8097-6 |
| 1-4294-1739-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828262003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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