296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this highly readable book, Linda Duits investigates girl culture in the Dutch multicultural society. Her ethnographic account provides a thick description of life at school, still the most prominent setting foor todays youth. She followed young girls of diverse ethnic backgrounds in their transition from primary to secondary school, focusing on the ways they use the body, clothing and media in... Read more
Part I: Introduction, Ch 1: Disciplining Girls’ Bodies, Ch 2: Girls’ Studies, Ch 3: Doing Identity, Ch 4: Method & Methodology, Part II: Contexts of Performances, Ch 5: Life at Primary School, Ch 6: Advancing to Secondary School, Part III: Mapping Performances, Ch 7: Subject-Positions, Ch 8: Performance Practices, Ch 9: Influence Spheres, Ch 10: Interpretative Repertoires, Ch 11: Conclusions & Discussion, Appendices, Notes, References, Nederlandse samenvatting, Glossary of terms.
Biography
Linda Duits obtained her masters degree in Political Science and her PhD in Communication Science. She is currently Assistant Professor in Qualitative Methods at the department of Communication of the University of Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) and the Centre for Popular Culture.
