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Childhood and Tween Girl Culture: Family, Media and Locality
Fiona Macdonald
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Description for Childhood and Tween Girl Culture: Family, Media and Locality
Hardback. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
This book explores the ways in which notions of childhood are being influenced by a rapidly expanding consumer-media culture in the 21st Century. It has been argued that new stages of childhood are being created and defined by children's role as consumers. The concept of `tween', girls aged between 9 and 14, has generated the greatest debate. While the fantasy world of `tween' offers girls a space to fashion a young, feminine identity it has been widely argued that the consumer-media's messages pressure tween girls to consume and adopt highly sexualised appearances ... Read more
This book explores the ways in which notions of childhood are being influenced by a rapidly expanding consumer-media culture in the 21st Century. It has been argued that new stages of childhood are being created and defined by children's role as consumers. The concept of `tween', girls aged between 9 and 14, has generated the greatest debate. While the fantasy world of `tween' offers girls a space to fashion a young, feminine identity it has been widely argued that the consumer-media's messages pressure tween girls to consume and adopt highly sexualised appearances ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Childhood and Youth
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
191
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137551290
SKU
V9781137551290
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99-15
About Fiona Macdonald
Fiona MacDonald is Research Manager in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University Melbourne, Australia.
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