The girl-positive library: inspiring confidence, creativity, and curiosity in young women (Dec 2018)

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  • Additional Information
    • Reading Level (Grade):
      Professional
    • Pages:
      viii, 161 p. ;
    • Reviews:
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    • Subjects:
      Teenage girls; Libraries; Young adults' libraries; Young adult literature; Books and reading; Activity programs in education; Teenagers' library services; Children in literature; Girls
    • Content Notes:
      Introduction -- Representation -- Young adult literature -- Reading as a feminist -- Girlhood and feminism -- Who should read this book? -- Overview of the text -- Defining girlhood in popular culture -- Developing girlhood -- The tropes of girlhood -- Revisiting girl: rooted in trauma -- Critiquing the narratives -- Conclusion -- Feminist issues and girls -- Identity: self, sexuality, and gender identity -- Bodily autonomy: owning the self -- Conclusion -- Reading as a feminist -- Girlhood types in young adult literature -- Feminist readings of young adult literature -- Reviews -- Selection process -- Identity -- Activity ideas -- Writing and publishing -- Visual arts -- Media activities -- Conclusion.
    • ISBN:
      9781440860638, paperback, US
      9781440860645, ebook, US
    • Publication Year:
      2019
    • Country of Publication:
      United States of America
    • Dewey Decimal Classification:
      028.5
    • Library of Congress Control Number:
      2018037626
    • Accession Number:
      137089220