Girlhood, Schools, and Media

This book explores the circulation and reception of popular discourses of achieving girlhood, and the ways in which girls themselves participate in such circulation.

Autorentext

Michele Paule works as a Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture and Education, at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus on youth and gender in popular and educational contexts. She is currently engaged in researching youth and the gendering of leadership in across different European contexts.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. The future girl's problem past

2. The achieving girl as the ideal subject

3. The Archaeology: sites and stories

4. Girls reading girl texts: genres, tropes and trajectories

5. The 'Girls Work Hard' Narrative

6. 'Girls Hang Back': Choice, complementarity and collaboration

Conclusion