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Talking young femininities

Title: Talking young femininities / Pia Pichler.
Author: Pichler, Pia.
Publication: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; [Lewins Mead, Bristol] : Arts & Humanities Research Council, 2009.

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Description

xi, 269 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Talking Young Femininities explores the spontaneous talk of adolescent British girls from different socio-cultural backgrounds, examining the different discursive identities they negotiate in their talk, including the 'cool' private-school-girl, the 'tough' British Bangladeshi girl, and the 'sheltered' East End girl.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Girls' talk as a resource for identity construction -- Talking young feminities : identity and the interplay between gender, ethnicity, and social class -- Cool and socially aware private-school girls -- Sheltered but independent East End girls -- Tough and respectable British Bangladeshi girls -- Sex talk and the construction of young femininities -- Self-disclosing sex talk : self-determined girls -- Playful sex talk : "good girls" and "bad girls" -- Impersonal sex talk : knowing girls.

ISBN

9780230013285
0230013287
9780230234598
0230234593

OCLC

ocn298778175
298778175
SCSB-1521444

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Princeton University Library