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Girl Culture [Two Volumes]
An Encyclopedia
 Claudia A. Mitchell, ed., Jacqueline Reid-Walsh

0-313-33908-2/978-0-313-33908-0

Description
Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia investigates the increasingly complex relationships, struggles, obsessions, and idols of American tween and teen girls who are growing up faster today than ever before. Comprehensive in its coverage of the twenty and twenty-first century trendsetters, fashion, literature, film, in-group rituals and hot-button issues that shape-and are shaped by-girl culture, this two-volume resource offers a wealth of information to help students, educators, and interested readers better understand the ongoing interplay between girls and mainstream culture.

Reviews:
-"Editors Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh investigate the increasingly complex relationships, struggles, obsessions, and idols of American tween and teen girls who are growing up faster today than ever before. From pre-school to high school and beyond, Girl Culture tackles numerous hot-button issues, including the recent barrage of advertising geared toward very young girls emphasizing sexuality and extreme thinness. Nothing is off-limits: body image, peer pressure, cliques, gangs, and plastic surgery are among the over 250 in-depth entries highlighted. Comprehensive in its coverage of the twenty and twenty-first century trendsetters, fashion, literature, film, in-group rituals and hot-button issues that shape--and are shaped by--girl culture, this two-volime resource will help students, educators, and others better understand the ongoing interplay between girls and mainstream culture." —Family Therapy
-"[S]ome reference books are still a necessary and valuable contribution to certain fields of study, especially emerging ones. This is the case with Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia....The references make this a worthy purchase for academic libraries. Most of the essays cite numerous sources. A separate bibliography section (good for collection development) is also included....[A] serious and scholarly presentation of a rapidly growing field that has been as devalued as girls and their culture have been." —Feminist Collections
About the Author
Claudia A. Mitchell is a professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University in Quebec, Canada.

Jacqueline Reid-Walsh is an adjunct professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University in Quebec, Canada. Quebec, Canada.
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