ANTH 2815 Chapter 4: ANTH 2815 Week 4 Readings

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2815
• Professor: Caputo Virginia

Document Summary

Girl power: what it means in popular culture and policy landscapes. Sinikka aapola, marnina gonick and anita harris. (2005). New" girl in young femininity. in young femininity: girlhood, power and social change, new. Efle(cid:272)tio(cid:374) o(cid:374) (cid:373)edia po(cid:396)t(cid:396)a(cid:455)al to (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g gi(cid:396)ls(cid:859) i(cid:373)ages. Symbolizes a cultural fascination with girls and a contemporary anxiety about them. Two competing discourses to dual conception of girls and girlhood (cid:858)gi(cid:396)l po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:859) (cid:858)(cid:396)e(cid:448)i(cid:448)i(cid:374)g ophelia(cid:859) (cid:894)piphe(cid:396), (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)4(cid:895) Suggestions of re-coding and re-working of gender binaries. *all discourse must be seen as enabling and constraining. Ho(cid:449) (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs of gi(cid:396)lhood (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) se(cid:374)se a(cid:374)d (cid:858)autho(cid:396)itati(cid:448)e(cid:859) Girl power and the riot grrrl movement (cid:858)gi(cid:396)l po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:859): (cid:396)a(cid:374)ge of (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)al phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial positio(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs fo(cid:396) (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) Re-writes the passivity, voicelessness, vulnerability and sweet naturedness linked to some forms of raced and classed girlhoods. Celebrated: creating more expansive forms of femininity. Critiqued: way its formulated around an individualism fraught with neo-liberal ideals.