Full Description
In this highly readable book, Linda Duits investigates girl culture in the Dutch multicultural society. Her ethnographic account provides a thick description of life at school, still the most prominent setting foor todays youth. She followed young girls of diverse ethnic backgrounds in their transition from primary to secondary school, focusing on the ways they use the body, clothing and media in their performance of identity. Countering several media hypes, including the internet generation, the headscarf debate and the sexualisation of society, Duits shows how contemporary girl culture is a mundane culture that is reflexively negotiated in an everyday setting.
Contents
Part I: Introduction, Ch 1: Disciplining Girls' Bodies, Ch 2: Girls' Studies, Ch 3: Doing Identity, Ch 4: Method & Methodology, Part II: Contexts of Performances, Ch 5: Life at Primary School, Ch 6: Advancing to Secondary School, Part III: Mapping Performances, Ch 7: Subject-Positions, Ch 8: Performance Practices, Ch 9: Influence Spheres, Ch 10: Interpretative Repertoires, Ch 11: Conclusions & Discussion, Appendices, Notes, References, Nederlandse samenvatting, Glossary of terms.
