"The tween is the "new girl on the block" in girlhood studies. Although the study of tween life may have derived from a particular marketing orientation at the end of the twentieth century, it is not limited by it. On the contrary, this collection of essays shows that "tween"...

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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York [u.a.] Lang 2005
Series:	Counterpoints 245
Subjects:	Filles - Conditions sociales Meisjes Girls > Social conditions Weibliche Jugend > 14-17 Jahre Lebensbedingungen Mädchen > 9-13 Jahre Alltagskultur
Online Access:	Table of contents
Summary:	"The tween is the "new girl on the block" in girlhood studies. Although the study of tween life may have derived from a particular marketing orientation at the end of the twentieth century, it is not limited by it. On the contrary, this collection of essays shows that "tween" is not a simple or unified concept, nor is it limited to a certain class of girls in a few countries. This collection by an international group of authors highlights specific methodologies for working with (and studying) tween-age girls, provides challenges to the presumed innocence of girlhood, and engages in an analysis of marketing in relation to girlhood. In so doing, this book offers a reading on these three or four years in a girl's life that suggests that this period is as fascinating as the teen years, and as generative in its implications for girlhood studies as studies of both younger and adolescent girls."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	ix, 359 p. ill. 23 cm
ISBN:	0820467715