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Running for Their Lives
Sherrie A. . Ed(S): Inness
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Description for Running for Their Lives
Paperback. Girl power has become a rallying cry for a new generation of girls as they navigate the journey from girlhood to womanhood. This title presents stories from Thailand to Pakistan, giving girls a place to speak,and express the pain encountered on their journey. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Girl Power has become the rallying cry for a new generation of girls as they navigate—on their own terms—the perilous yet exhilarating journey from girlhood to adulthood. Though this transformation is often difficult for middle-class white girls growing up in the United States, it is unimaginably more difficult for girls, often in developing countries, who contend with such life-threatening issues as poverty, abuse, and civil war. Indeed, girl power is a luxury these girls can’t afford. Consider the young Thai teenage girl who must work in a button factory in order to save some money for her daughter. Think about ... Read more
Girl Power has become the rallying cry for a new generation of girls as they navigate—on their own terms—the perilous yet exhilarating journey from girlhood to adulthood. Though this transformation is often difficult for middle-class white girls growing up in the United States, it is unimaginably more difficult for girls, often in developing countries, who contend with such life-threatening issues as poverty, abuse, and civil war. Indeed, girl power is a luxury these girls can’t afford. Consider the young Thai teenage girl who must work in a button factory in order to save some money for her daughter. Think about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847698516
SKU
V9780847698516
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About Sherrie A. . Ed(S): Inness
Sherrie A. Inness is associate professor of English at Miami University. She lives in Fairfield, Ohio. She is the editor of, most recently, Millennium Girls: Today’s Girls Around the World (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998) and Delinquents and Debutantes: Twentieth Century American Girls’ Cultures (NYU Press, 1998)
Reviews for Running for Their Lives
Stunning and unforgettable. A darkly glittering array of voices.
Rickie Solinger, author of Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade Wade Wade Running for their Lives makes a significant contribution to girls' studies by moving well beyond the field's traditional context of white, middle-class Western female youth and exploring the experiences of girls who ... Read more
Rickie Solinger, author of Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race before Roe v. Wade Wade Wade Running for their Lives makes a significant contribution to girls' studies by moving well beyond the field's traditional context of white, middle-class Western female youth and exploring the experiences of girls who ... Read more