Girls in Power: Gender, Body, And Menstruation in Adolescence [Paperback]

Laura Fingerson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 079146900X | ISBN-13: 978-0791469002 | Publication Date: August 10, 2006

A consideration of menstruation in the lives of teenage girls? and in the lives of teenage boys.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Girls in Power offers a fascinating and unique look at the social aspects of menstruation in the lives of adolescent girls—and also in the lives of adolescent boys. Although there has been much research on other aspects of gender and the body, this is one of the few books to examine menstruation and the first to explore how it plays a part in power interactions between boys and girls. Talking openly in single- and mixed-gender settings, individuals and groups of high school–age girls and boys share their interpretations and experiences of menstruation. Author Laura Fingerson reveals that while teens have negative feelings about menstruation, teen girls use their experiences of menstruation as a source of embodied power in their interactions with other girls and with boys. She also explores how boys deal with their own reduced power. The book extends our theoretical and analytical understanding of youth, gender, power, and embodiment by providing a more b

"This work is part of a growing field that gives more attention to children and adolescents in creating their own unique social networks within the broader world constructed by adults. Fingerson’s interviews with girls as well as boys concerning attitudes about menstruation are new and refreshing. How we are taught to socially manage this bodily process deserves more attention, and Fingerson has helped to carve a path that other researchers may follow." — Sharra Vostral, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

About the Author

Laura Fingerson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (August 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079146900X
• ISBN-13: 978-0791469002
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,287,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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