Girlhood, Schools, and Media

Popular Discourses of the Achieving Girl

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Student & Student Life, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
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Author: Michele Paule ISBN: 9781317556787
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 13, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michele Paule
ISBN: 9781317556787
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 13, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book explores the circulation and reception of popular discourses of achieving girlhood, and the ways in which girls themselves participate in such circulation. It examines the figure of the achieving girl within wider discourses of neoliberal self-management and post-feminist possibility, considering the tensions involved in being both successful and successfully feminine and the strategies and negotiations girls undertake to manage these tensions.

The work is grounded in an understanding of media, educational, and peer contexts for the production of the successful girl. It traces narratives across school, television and online in texts produced for and by girls, drawing on interviews with girls in schools, online forum participation (within the purpose-built site www.smartgirls.tv), and girls’ discussions of a range of teen dramas.

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This book explores the circulation and reception of popular discourses of achieving girlhood, and the ways in which girls themselves participate in such circulation. It examines the figure of the achieving girl within wider discourses of neoliberal self-management and post-feminist possibility, considering the tensions involved in being both successful and successfully feminine and the strategies and negotiations girls undertake to manage these tensions.

The work is grounded in an understanding of media, educational, and peer contexts for the production of the successful girl. It traces narratives across school, television and online in texts produced for and by girls, drawing on interviews with girls in schools, online forum participation (within the purpose-built site www.smartgirls.tv), and girls’ discussions of a range of teen dramas.

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