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Reviving Ophelia.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage girls--Psychology.
- Teenage girls.
- Teenage girls--Family relationships.
- Self-esteem in adolescence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (43 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, colour
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, Massachusetts : Media Education Foundation, 1998.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned in English.
- Summary:
- Dr. Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia, discusses the pressures and challenges facing adolescent girls. She highlights major issues with media portrayals of women, including extreme sexualization, unrealistic body types, and an emphasis on women's bodies to the exclusion of their selves. Pipher offers suggestions to boys, girls, parents, and teachers on how to support healthy development among adolescent girls.
- Participant:
- Practitioner, Mary Pipher Ph.D.
- Credits:
- Producer, Susan Ericsson.
- Notes:
- Description based on XML content.
- ISBN:
- 1-5264-0323-4
- 9781526403230
- OCLC:
- 1017731744
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