Feminism and youth culture : from 'Jackie' to 'just seventeen'

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Feminism and youth culture : from 'Jackie' to 'just seventeen'

Angela McRobbie

(Youth questions)

Macmillan Education, 1991

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780333452639

Description

A sociological examination of the influences and effects of various subcultural elements on adolescent girls from a feminist perspective.

Table of Contents

  • Girls and subcultures
  • settling accounts with subcultures
  • the culture of working class girls
  • the politics of feminist research
  • "Jackie" Magazine - Romantic individualism and the teenage girl
  • "Jackie" and "Just 17" - Girls' comics and magazines in the 1980s
  • dance narratives and fantasies of achievement
  • teenage mothers - a new social state?
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333452646

Description

Feminism and Youth Culture collects together eight separate essays on female youth culture written by Angela McRobbie over a period of almost 13 years. Topics include the changing place of romance in girls' comics and magazines, the everyday culture of working class girls, the appeal of dance narratives for pre-teenage readers and viewers, teenage mothers and feminist critiques of subcultural theory.

Table of Contents

  • Girls and subcultures
  • settling accounts with subcultures - a feminist critique
  • the culture of working class girls
  • the politics of feminist research - between talk, text and action
  • "Jackie" magazine - romantic individualism and the teenage girl
  • "Jackie" and "Just Seventeen" - girls' comics and magazines in the 1980s
  • dance narratives and fantasies of achievement
  • teenage mothers - an new social state?

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