{"product_id":"9781551642765","title":"Girlhood: Redefining the Limits","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn today’s society, more and more mass media and popular culture is being produced for, about, and by pre-adolescent and adolescent girls than ever before. “Girls” (and\/or their behavior, dress, relationships, education, and more) have driven investigative documentaries and fueled plot lines for mainstream films and prime-time television dramas. In addition, young women have become a valuable target market as the rise of “girl power” scripted young women as—at once—a commercially lucrative and hyper-sexualized population. Reaction to the “new” girl of the millennium has been as diverse as it has been swift, due in part to the unclear definition of what constitutes a “girl.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirlhood \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of essays on girls, girlhood, and girl culture. Drawing from the works of national and international scholars, this book focuses on the multifaceted nature of girls’ \u003ci\u003elived \u003c\/i\u003eexperiences. Examined is racism, sexism, and classism; girlhood and girl gangs; the power and politics of schoolgirl style; encounters with violence; chatrooms; sexuality; and identity formation and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking collection offers a complicated portrait of girls in the twenty-first century: good girls and bad girls, girls who are creating their own girl culture and giving a whole new meaning to girl power. These provocative essays cover all aspects of girlhood as they bring to life the ever-changing identities of today’s young women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasmin Jiwani \u003c\/b\u003ereceived a Doctor of Philosophy in communication studies from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDiscourses of Denial: Uncovering Race, Gender, and Violence in Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a professor and chair in the faculty of education at the University of Natal, involved in developing a curriculum on girl-child education in Zambi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCandis Steenbergen \u003c\/b\u003eholds a PhD in interdisciplinary studies in society and culture from Concordia University in Quebec. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003egood girl magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Rose Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059794821360,"sku":"9781551642765","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551642765_p0.jpg?v=1769899096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551642765","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}