Girls in power : gender, body, and menstruation in adolescence / Laura Fingerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fingerson, Laura, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage girls--Psychology.

Teenage girls.

Menstruation--Social aspects.

Menstruation.

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Girls in Power offers a fascinating and unique look at the social aspects of menstruation in the lives of adolescent girls—and also in the lives of adolescent boys. Although there has been much research on other aspects of gender and the body, this is one of the few books to examine menstruation and the first to explore how it plays a part in power interactions between boys and girls. Talking openly in single- and mixed-gender settings, individuals and groups of high school–age girls and boys share their interpretations and experiences of menstruation. Author Laura Fingerson reveals that while teens have negative feelings about menstruation, teen girls use their experiences of menstruation as a source of embodied power in their interactions with other girls and with boys. She also explores how boys deal with their own reduced power. The book extends our theoretical and analytical understanding of youth, gender, power, and embodiment by providing a more balanced view of adolescent social life.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Negative and Ambivalent Experiences

Cultural Contexts

Medicalization and Gender Politics of the Body

Girls in Power

Boys’ Responses

Conclusion

Participants in Individual and Group Interviews

Interview Guides

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480977

0791480976

9781429417396

1429417390

OCLC:

77058860