Girls make media / Mary Celeste Kearney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kearney, Mary Celeste, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and girls--United States.

Mass media and girls.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

More girls are producing media today than at any other point in U.S. history, and they are creating media texts in virtually every format currently possible--magazines, films, musical recordings, and websites. "Girls Make media explores how young female media producers have reclaimed and reconfigured girlhood as a site for radical social, cultural, and political agency. Central to the book is an analysis of Riot Grrrl--a 1990s feminist youth movement stemmed from a fusion of punk rock and gender theory-and the girl power movement it inspired. The author also looks at the rise of girls--only media education programs, and the creation of girls' studies. This book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary female youth in today's media culture.

Contents:

Introduction: Producing Girls 1

Section I Contexts

Chapter 1 Delightful Employment: Girls' Cultural Production Prior to the Late Twentieth Century 19

Section II Sites

Chapter 2 Brought to You by Girl Power: Riot Grrrl's Networked Media Economy 51

Chapter 3 Girls' Media Education: Critical Viewing or Control of the Image? 91

Section III Texts

Chapter 4 Grrrl Zines: Exploring Identity, Transforming Girls' Written Culture 135

Chapter 5 Developing the Girl's Gaze: Female Youth and Film Production 189

Chapter 6 Cybergurls: Female Youth, Digital Fluencies, and Web Design 239

Conclusion: No Small Thing 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-353) and index.

ISBN:

0415972779

0415972787

OCLC:

62118261

Publisher Number:

9780415972789