Keywords:
Women Socialization
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Teenage girls Psychology
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Girls Psychology
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Aggressiveness in children
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Aggressiveness in adolescence
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Female friendship
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Anger in adolescence
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Anger in children
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Interpersonal conflict in adolescence
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Interpersonal conflict in children
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Girls-Psychology
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Teenage girls-Psychology
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Women-Socialization
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Girls - Psychology
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
For some time, reality TV, talk shows, soap-operas, and sitcoms have turned their spotlights on women and girls who thrive on competition and nastiness. Few fairytales lack the evil stepmother, wicked witch, or jealous sister. Even cartoons feature mean and sassy girls who only become sweet and innocent when adults appear. And recently, popular books and magazines have turned their gaze away from ways of positively influencing girls' independence and self-esteem and towards the topic of girls' meanness to other girls. What does this say about the way our culture views girlhood? How much do the
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 259 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814799159
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DDC:
305.235
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-253) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bad Girls, Bad Girls,Whatcha Gonna Do?; 1 Reading the Culture of Girlfighting; 2 Good Girls and Real Boys: Preparing the Ground in Early Childhood ; 3 Playing It Like a Girl: Later Childhood and Preadolescence ; 4 Dancing through the Minefield: The Middle School Years; 5 Patrolling the Borders: High School; 6 From Girlfighting to Sisterhood; 7 This Book Is an Action; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web