Girls, Aggression, and Intersectionality: Transforming the Discourse of "Mean Girls" in the United States
Krista Mcqueeney, "Girls, Aggression, and Intersectionality: Transforming the Discourse of "Mean Girls" in the United States "
English | ISBN: 1138059315 | 2018 | 218 pages | PDF | 1485 KB
English | ISBN: 1138059315 | 2018 | 218 pages | PDF | 1485 KB
From media images of "mean girls" to the disproportionate punishment of Black, Latina and/or queer girls in schools and the justice system, female aggression has become a public concern. Scholars, educators, policymakers and parents are scrambling to respond to the perceived upsurge in girls’ bullying, peer pressure, and aggression/violence.
Girls, Aggression and Intersectionality examines how intersecting social identities – such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and others - shape media representations of, and criminal justice reactions to, female aggression. The book focuses on three overarching questions: How do race, class, and/or sexuality influence media images of female aggression? How do aggressive girls’ intersecting identities affect law enforcement and criminal justice responses to their aggression? How are diverse groups of girls trying to resist their labelling and criminalization?
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