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Girls, Style, and School Identities : Dressing the Part /

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Writing against the grain of popular perception and moral panic, Pomerantz offers an intricate look at the importance of style for girls in school. Based on a year long ethnography in a Canadian high school, Pomerantz highlights style as a meaning-making practice that demands to be taken seriously.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pomerantz, Shauna (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Education.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Cultural Studies.
Gender Studies.
International and Comparative Education.
Organic Chemistry.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Adolescence.
Chemistry, Organic.
Children.
Comparative education.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
International education.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Sex (Psychology)
Social groups.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Writing against the grain of popular perception and moral panic, Pomerantz offers an intricate look at the importance of style for girls in school. Based on a year long ethnography in a Canadian high school, Pomerantz highlights style as a meaning-making practice that demands to be taken seriously.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages)
ISBN:9780230612501
DOI:10.1057/9780230612501