The Extra-Ordinary Girl: Care, Connection, and Social Power On and Off Screen [Hardcover]

This book is a unique and comprehensive combination of methodological and conceptual approaches to cultural, historical and sociological analyses, feminism and speculative fiction. It will appeal to girlhood & feminist studies, film & media, child and youth studies, humanities, cultural studies & social sciences.?

Introduction: Background and Context 

Part I: On and Off Screen

Chapter 1: Speculative Fiction and the Real World
Chapter 2: Teen Girls in Toronto Interviewed

Part II: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Warrior-Activist
Chapter 3: Katniss and The Warrior/Activist Figure on Screen
Chapter 4: Teen Girl Activists in North America

Part III: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Witch
Chapter 5: Sabrina and the Witch Figure on Screen
Chapter 6: Teen Witches Today and in History

Part IV: Negotiating Figurations of Girlhood: The Complexity of Care
Chapter 7: Context, Analysis, and Responses to Care, Relationships, and Power
Chapter 8: Cultural Context: Neoliberalism, Media, and Community

Conclusion

Appendices

Index

Positioning the teen girl as a figure possessing exceptional power with the potential to instigate change, this book examines the extra-ordinary girl as she exists under neoliberalism today.

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