Growing up girls
Subtitle: popular culture and the construction of identity
By: edited by Sharon R. Mazzarella and Norma Odom Pecora.
Contributors: Mazzarella, Sharon R.; Pecora, Norma Odom.
Series: Adolescent cultures, school & society ;; v. 9
Publisher: P. Lang; Brand: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Teenage girls -- Psychology; Teenage girls -- Attitudes; Teenage girls in popular culture; Adolescent psychology; Identity (Psychology); Stereotype (Psychology) in mass media
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.