The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization
by alys, weinbaum, anne, gorsuch, barbara, sato, davarian, baldwin, kathy, peiss, liz, conor, lynn, thomas, madeleine, dong, mary, roberts, miriam, silverberg, priti, ramamurthy, ruri, ito, tani, barlow, timothy, burke, Uta, poiger
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During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her sometimes flashy, always fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. Modern Girls wore sex…
A collection that examines the global phenomenon of the Modern Girl that emerged in the 1920s and 30s.
How are girls represented in written and graphic texts, and how do these representations inform our understanding of girlhood? In this volume, contributors examine the girl in the text in order to explore a range of perspectives on girlhood across borders and in relation to thei…
In The Body Image Workbook for Teens, you'll find practical exercises and tips that address the most common factors that can lead to negative body image, including: comparison, negative self-talk, unrealistic media images, societal and family pressures, perfectionism, toxic frie…
A guide for parents to raise balanced and confident daughters, avoiding the pitfalls of the twenty-first century, such as 'pink princess' and 'perfect girl' syndromes. An absolute must-have parenting guide to raising girls in the 21st century. 'There can be no keener revelation…
Sue Palmer discusses challenges faced in the 21st century including: the problems facing parents in an age of materialism, the way gender wars have intensified those problems, the debate about the 'female brain' and the reasons why contemporary culture can be so damaging for chi…
This book examines contemporary autobiographical narratives and their Italian and French translations. The comparative analyses of the texts are underpinned by the latest developments in translation studies that place emphasis on identity construction in translation and the role…
"We cannot give what we do not have. So, if we do not love ourselves, or even if we are too obsessed with ourselves, how then can we love others? What Makes Us Girls examines the topic of self-worth through a modern cultural lens. Using examples from the author's life experience…
