"We are not just painting our toenails and having pillow fights" : adolescent girls questioning gender and power within a secondary school setting

In today's modern world, girls are represented in confusing and contradicting ways. Media portrays girls as dealing with epidemic levels of depression and self mutilation while at the same time point out that girls are participating in alarming levels of violence and competition. Layered wit...

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Main Author: Higginson, Stephanie K.
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18038