Girl culture : an encyclopedia / edited by Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh.

Other author Mitchell, Claudia.
Other author Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
Description2 volumes (xxxii, 702 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents Part 1. Studying girl culture : a readers' guide. Introduction to part 1 / Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh -- What does it mean to be a girl in the twenty-first century? : exploring some contemporary dilemmas of femininity and girlhood in the West / Jessica Ringrose and Valerie Walkerdine -- How to study girl culture / Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh -- Doll culture / Juliette Peers -- Barbie culture / Catherine Driscoll -- Disney and girlhood / Hoi F. Cheu -- Romance in teen publications / Naomi R. Johnson -- Style and girl culture / Shauna Pomerantz -- Ballet and girl culture / Juliette Peers -- Girls' literacy practices / Meredith Cherland -- Girls, digital culture, and new media / Katynka Z. Martínez -- Girl gamers / Suzanne de Castell and Jennifer Jenson -- Representations of girls and young women in film as an entry point to studying girl culture / Margaret Tally -- Whose girlhood? : race, representation, and girlhood / Elaine Correa -- Girlhood in the time of AIDS : popular images, representations, and their effects / Nancy Lesko and Elisabeth Johnson -- Part 2. Girl culture A to Z.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [627]-640) and index.
LCCN 2007040517
ISBN9780313339080 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN0313339082 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313339097 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN0313339090 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN9780313339103 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
ISBN0313339104 (v. 2 : alk. paper)