Girls, aggression, and intersectionality: transforming the discourse of "mean girls" in the United States

"From media images of 'mean girls' to the disproportionate punishment of Black, Latina and/or queer girls in schools and the justice system, female aggression has become a public concern. Scholars, educators, policymakers and parents are scrambling to respond to the perceived upsurge...

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Weitere Verfasser: McQueeney, Krista (HerausgeberIn), Girgenti-Malone, Alicia (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2018
Schriftenreihe:Routledge research in gender and society
Routledge research in gender and society 66
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Zusammenfassung:"From media images of 'mean girls' to the disproportionate punishment of Black, Latina and/or queer girls in schools and the justice system, female aggression has become a public concern. Scholars, educators, policymakers and parents are scrambling to respond to the perceived upsurge in girls' bullying, peer pressure, and aggression/violence. Girls, Aggression and Intersectionality examines how intersecting social identities - such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and others - shape media representations of, and criminal justice reactions to, female aggression. The book focuses on three overarching questions: How do race, class, and/or sexuality influence media images of female aggression? How do aggressive girls' intersecting identities affect law enforcement and criminal justice responses to their aggression? How are diverse groups of girls trying to resist their labelling and criminalization? Using intersectionality as a conceptual framework, this insightful volume deconstructs a unitary analysis of 'female aggression' and transforms the mainstream discourse that paints girls as inherently 'mean.' Girls, Aggression and Intersectionality will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, interested in fields including Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Youth Studies, Criminology and Media and Culture"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 202 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781351671958
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