Childhood and Tween Girl Culture

Family, Media and Locality

By:

Fiona MacDonald

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Childhood and Youth

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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 and behaviours. The author considers how the art of consumption for ‘tween’ girls is intrinsically linked with their desire for independence and belonging, and how their consumption is interwoven with other important social and cultural influences. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of Childhood and Youth Studies, Cultural Studies, Feminist andWomen’s Studies and Sociology.

Author Biography:

Fiona MacDonald is Research Manager in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University Melbourne, Australia.

Release date NZ

November 4th, 2020

Author

Fiona MacDonald

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Edition

1st ed. 2016

Illustrations

X, 191 p.

Pages

191

Series

Studies in Childhood and Youth

ISBN-13

9781349715756

Product ID

30639662

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