Smart Girls
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A01=Rebecca Raby
A01=Shauna Pomerantz
academic success
Author_Rebecca Raby
Author_Shauna Pomerantz
belonging
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college
education
educational philosophy
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exclusion
feminism
feminist theory
gender and women studies
gender expectations
gender studies
girls
high school
higher education
intersectionality
micro resistance
neoliberal individualism
neoliberalism
perfection
post feminism
race and class
sexism
social aspects of education
stress
success
supergirl
traditional gender norms
western society
women and girls
young adult
young girls
Product details
- ISBN 9780520284159
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jan 2017
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. Girls are said to outperform boys in high school exams, university entrance and graduation rates, and professional certification. As a result, many in Western society assume that girls no longer need support. But in spite of the messages of post-feminism and neoliberal individualism that tell girls they can have it all, the reality is far more complicated. Smart Girls investigates how academically successful girls deal with stress, the "supergirl" drive for perfection, race and class issues, and the sexism that is still present in schools. Describing girls' varied everyday experiences, including negotiations of traditional gender norms, Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby show how teachers, administrators, parents, and media commentators can help smart girls thrive while working toward straight A's and a bright future.
Shauna Pomerantz is Associate Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Girls, Style, and School Identities: Dressing the Part and the coauthor of "Girl Power": Girls Reinventing Girlhood. Rebecca Raby is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of School Rules: Obedience, Discipline, and Elusive Democracy and the coeditor of Power and Everyday Practices.
