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Book SynopsisIs there such a thing as "girl culture"? This text argues that both "girls" and "culture" as ideas are too problematic to fulfil any useful role in theorizing about the emergence of feminine adolescence in popular culture. Instead, a Foucauldian genealogy is presented and explored.
Trade ReviewDriscoll discusses the ways in which young women have been involved in the production and consumption of theories and representations of girls, feminine adolescence, and the 'girl market.' Family Therapy The result is an erudite and crisp exegesis of many contemporary theorists, interspersed with readings of popular culture itself... it is a smart and suggestive intellectual montage. -- Jane H. Hunter American Studies A lucid and original study of girl culture... both challenging and rewarding. -- Emma Liggins Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Towards a Genealogy of Girlhood Part I. Becoming a Girl 1. The Girl of the Period 2. Feminine Adolescence 3. Puberty Part II. Becoming a Woman 4. Daughters: Theories of Girlhood 5. Sex and the Single Girl: Studies in Girlhood 6. Becoming Bride: Girls and Cultural Studies Part III. Girls and Cultural Production 7. Distraction: Girls and Mass Culture 8. In Visible Bodies 9. The Girl Market and Girl Culture Conclusion: The Girl of the Century Notes Bibliography Index
