Reviving Ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls / Mary Pipher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pipher, Mary Bray.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage girls--Psychology--Case studies.

Teenage girls.

Teenage girls--Family relationships--Case studies.

Self-esteem in adolescence--Case studies.

Self-esteem in adolescence.

Psychology, Adolescent.

Teenage girls--Family relationships.

Teenage girls--Psychology.

Women--psychology.

Self Concept.

Adolescentes--Relaciones familiares--Estudio con casos.

Adolescencia, Psicología de la.

Dignidad--Estudio con casos.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Adolescent.

Women--psychology.

Self Concept.

Local Subjects:

Adolescentes--Relaciones familiares--Estudio con casos.

Adolescencia, Psicología de la.

Dignidad--Estudio con casos.

Genre:

Case studies.

Nonfiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

304 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Ballantine Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books, 1995.

Summary:

This volume takes a look at the effects of societal pressures on American adolescent girls, and utilizes many case studies from the author's experience as a therapist. The book has been described as a "call to arms" and highlights the increased levels of sexism and violence that affect young females. The author asserts that whilst the feminist movement has aided adult women to become empowered, teenagers have been neglected and require intensive support due to their undeveloped maturity. She examines many of the dangerous and devastating realities that face young girls today: dysfunctional families, incest, abuse, introduction to sex too soon, eating disorders, and tells how to confront and understand them.

Contents:

Saplings in the storm

Theoretical issues

for your own good

Developmental issues

"I'm not waving, I'm drowning"

Families

the root systems

Mothers

Fathers

Divorce

Within the hurricane

depression

Worshiping the Gods of thinness

Drugs and alcohol

if Ophelia were alive today

Sex and violence

Then and now

What I've learned from listening

Let a thousand flowers bloom

A fence at the top of the hill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 295) and index.

ISBN:

0345392825

9780345392824

OCLC:

32127671