Hello all!
I am starting this blog as a class assignment for Women's Studies 597A: Girls' Cultures and Popular Cultures (Fall 2011). The purpose of this blog is that of a "commonplace book", a place to discuss all ideas, topics, issues, and concerns surrounding contemporary girls' culture in the United States and abroad.
As can be viewed on our syllabus, a central component of this course is to add, refine, complicate, and explore the following questions:
1) Who is a girl? How is girlhood defined and why? Is there a unified idea of girlhood?
2) What are the temporal spaces of girlhood? How have ideas of girlhood changed across time?
3) What are the socio-cultural spaces of girlhood? How have ideas of girlhood changed across cultures and within cultures?
4) What is the history of the field? How has the focus of research changed over time?
5) How does the research link the lives of girls and women?
6) What methodologies are being employed? How do girls and women participate? To what extent do we succeed in making our projects girl-centered?
These are just a few examples of the critical elements that will be discussed throughout the course of the semester, both within the classroom setting and throughout my blog. Throughout this blog, I also intend to employ a critical eye on popular culture's representations of girls while reflecting on my own past and present experiences as a girl growing up in the United States during the late 20th and early 21st century.
Hope you enjoy!
Jackie
I am starting this blog as a class assignment for Women's Studies 597A: Girls' Cultures and Popular Cultures (Fall 2011). The purpose of this blog is that of a "commonplace book", a place to discuss all ideas, topics, issues, and concerns surrounding contemporary girls' culture in the United States and abroad.
As can be viewed on our syllabus, a central component of this course is to add, refine, complicate, and explore the following questions:
1) Who is a girl? How is girlhood defined and why? Is there a unified idea of girlhood?
2) What are the temporal spaces of girlhood? How have ideas of girlhood changed across time?
3) What are the socio-cultural spaces of girlhood? How have ideas of girlhood changed across cultures and within cultures?
4) What is the history of the field? How has the focus of research changed over time?
5) How does the research link the lives of girls and women?
6) What methodologies are being employed? How do girls and women participate? To what extent do we succeed in making our projects girl-centered?
These are just a few examples of the critical elements that will be discussed throughout the course of the semester, both within the classroom setting and throughout my blog. Throughout this blog, I also intend to employ a critical eye on popular culture's representations of girls while reflecting on my own past and present experiences as a girl growing up in the United States during the late 20th and early 21st century.
Hope you enjoy!
Jackie
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