Girlhood, Schools, and Media - Popular Discourses of the Achieving Girl (Hardcover)

This book explores the circulation and reception of popular discourses of achieving girlhood, and the ways in which girls themselves participate in such circulation. It examines the figure of the achieving girl within wider discourses of neoliberal self-management and post-feminist possibility, considering the tensions involved in being both successful and successfully feminine and the strategies and negotiations girls undertake to manage these tensions. The work is grounded in an understanding of media, educational, and peer contexts for the production of the successful girl. It traces narratives across school, television and online in texts produced for and by girls, drawing on interviews with girls in schools, online forum participation (within the purpose-built site www.smartgirls.tv), and girls' discussions of a range of teen dramas.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Michele Paule
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-84006-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of gifted children Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-138-84006-8
Barcode:	9781138840065

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