Girlhood And The Politics Of Place [Paperback]

Examining context-specific conditions in which girls live, learn, work, play, and organize deepens the understanding of place-making practices of girls and young women worldwide. Focusing on place across health, literary and historical studies, art history, communications, media studies, sociology, and education allows for investigations of how girlhood is positioned in relation to interdisciplinary and transnational research methodologies, media environments, geographic locations, history, and social spaces. This book offers a comprehensive reading on how girlhood scholars construct and deploy research frameworks that directly engage girls in the research process.

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Introduction:The Significance of Place in Girlhood Studies
Carrie Rentschler and Claudia Mitchell

SECTION I: GIRLS IN LATITUTDE AND LONGITUDE

Chapter 1.Under the Shadow of Empire: Indigenous Girls' Presencing as Decolonizing Force
Sandrina de Finney

Chapter 2.Voices in Longitude and Latitude: Girlhood at the Intersection of Art and Ethnography
Marnina Gonick

Chapter 3.Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: Place, Desire, and Country Girlhood
Catherine Driscoll

Chapter 4.Landscapes of Academic Success: Smart Girls and School Culture
Rebecca Raby and Shauna Pomerantz

SECTION II: SITUATED KNOWLEDGE, SELF-REFLEXIVE PRACTICE