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The Extra-Ordinary Girl: Care, Connection, and Social Power On and Off Screen book cover

1st Edition

The Extra-Ordinary Girl Care, Connection, and Social Power On and Off Screen

By Tina Belinda Benigno Copyright 2026
200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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. Through a combination of textual and cultural analyses of figurations of girlhood in popular culture, and qualitative research group interviews with teen girls, the author emphasizes the importance of... Read more

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

Biography

Tina Belinda Benigno is Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Humanities, and Faculty Advisor (Arts, Humanities, Political Science, and Education) in the Department of English and Communications at Albertus Magnus College, USA.

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