Growing up girls

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"The intent of this book is to help us better understand the complex relationship between girls and their culture. Informed by a broad range of theoretical perspectives and employing a variety of methodologies, the essays in this collection address the ways that mainstream culture "instructs" girls on how to become a woman - the ways in which the culture approves of "growing up girls." Specifically, these essays examine the messages mainstream culture gives girls about romance, sexuality, life experiences, body image, gender and culture identity, and the way girls themselves negotiate these messages."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Teenage girls in popular culture,  Teenage girls,  Adolescent psychology,  Weibliche Jugend,  Meisjes,  Adolescentes dans la culture populaire,  Identite (Psychologie),  Stereotypes dans les medias,  Attitudes,  Adolescents,  Alltagskultur,  Psychology,  Minority Studies,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Puberteit,  Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media,  Adolescentes,  Massenmedien,  Psychologie,  Identita˜tsentwicklung,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Discrimination & Race Relations,  Identity (Psychology),  Adolescent girls,  Popular culture,  Identité (Psychologie),  Stéréotypes dans les médias,  Identitätsentwicklung