In today's society, more and more mass media and popular culture
is being produced for, about, and by pre-adolescent and adolescent
girls than ever before. "Girls" (and/or their behavior, dress,
relationships, education, and more) have driven investigative
documentaries and fueled plot lines for mainstream films and
prime-time television dramas. In addition, young women have become
a valuable target market as the rise of "girl power" scripted young
women as--at once--a commercially lucrative and hyper-sexualized
population. Reaction to the "new" girl of the millennium has been
as diverse as it has been swift, due in part to the unclear
definition of what constitutes a "girl."
"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;
girlhood and girl gangs; the power and politics of schoolgirl
style; encounters with violence; chatrooms; sexuality; and identity
formation and popular culture.
This groundbreaking collection offers a complicated portrait of
girls in the twenty-first 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.
Yasmin Jiwani received a Doctor of Philosophy in communication
studies from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She is
the author of "Discourses of Denial: Uncovering Race, Gender, and
Violence in Society."
Claudia Mitchell, PhD, is a professor and chair in the faculty
of education at the University of Natal, involved in developing a
curriculum on girl-child education in Zambi.
Candis Steenbergen holds a PhD in interdisciplinary studies in
society and culture from Concordia University in Quebec. She is the
editor of "good girl magazine."
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