Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of
the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this …

Drawing on three case studies from two UK ethnographic research projects in urban and
rural working-class communities, this article explores young teen girls' negotiation of …

The question of how boys become men or how girls become women may seem simple, but
the answers can be complex. This new edition draws upon rich examples from research …

The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and
politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is …

This paper examines the strategic and systematic transformation of young femininity into
cultural content as national resources in the contemporary girl industries in their global–local …

Positioned as the 'peak'of sexual experience, orgasm is packed with sociocultural meaning.
Exploring the construction of orgasm in Cosmopolitan magazine in the context of the shift …

The “new femininities” produced in postfeminist media confront girls with complex and
challenging subjectivities that reach into the spaces where girls engage in their own …

Hardly a day goes by without a headline about 'fundamental'differences between men and
women. Self-help books claim that men and women are from different planets, and we are …

In a post-girl power environment, pop celebrities present girls with versions of femininity
saturated with porno-chic styling,'up for it'sexuality and 'sexy'embodiment. Girls' engagement …

This article is a theoretical exploration of the nuanced connections between the notion of
affect and representations of sexuality in postfeminist television series. Drawing on gender …