Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory

by Catherine Driscoll

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The Spice Girls, Tank Girl comicbooks, Sailor Moon, Courtney Love, Grrl Power: do such things really constitute a unique "girl culture?" Catherine Driscoll begins by identifying a genealogy of "girlhood" or "feminine adolescence," and then argues that both "girls" and "culture" as ideas are too problematic to fulfill any useful role in theorizing about the emergence of feminine adolescence in popular culture. She relates the increasing public...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231119135

ISBN13:9780231119139

Release Date:February 2005

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Children's Studies Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Women's Studies

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