Alfred Street (University of Auckland Store)
Are you sure you want to delete this address?
Future Girl Young Women In The Twenty First Century
Paperback Edition: 1/2004
Girls are everywhere these days: they rule MTV and the pop charts; they are big box-office draws; they are on the covers of top selling magazines; and they score the winning points in professional sports. Despite the recent flurry of books exploring girlhood, like Odd
Girl Out and The Secret Lives of Girls, these titles mainly tackle the topic of aggression in young women. Anita Harris, in her new book Future Girl, goes beyond this to create a realistic portrait of the 'new girl' that has appeared in the twenty first century - she may still play with Barbie, but she is also likely to play soccer or basketball, be assertive and may even be sexually aware, if not active. Building on this new definition, Harris explores the many key areas central to the lives of girls from a global perspective, such as girlspace, schools, work, aggression, sexuality and power. In an era of girl power and Riot Grrls, Future Girl provides a fresh and original perspective on what it means to be young and female at the beginning of the new millennium.
Contents:
1. The 'Can-Do' Girl Versus the 'At-Risk' Girl 2. Jobs for the Girls? Education and Employment in the New Economy 3. Citizenship and the Self-Made Girl 4. Spaces of Regulation: School Halls and Shopping Malls 5. Being Seen and Being Heard: The Incitement to Discourse 6. Future Girl Politics.
...
more
Contents:
1. The 'Can-Do' Girl Versus the 'At-Risk' Girl 2. Jobs for the Girls? Education and Employment in the New Economy 3. Citizenship and the Self-Made Girl 4. Spaces of Regulation: School Halls and Shopping Malls 5. Being Seen and Being Heard: The Incitement to Discourse 6. Future Girl Politics.
Pages : 229
Publisher : Routledge
Subjects: Non-fiction, Social Sciences, Sociology, Age Groups: Adolescents