Girl culture: an encyclopedia

List of entries

Guide to related topics

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Studying girl culture : a readers' guide

Introduction to part 1

What does it mean to be a girl in the twenty-first century? Exploring some contemporary dilemmas of femininity and girlhood in the west

How to study girl culture

Doll culture

Barbie culture

Disney and girlhood

Romance in teen publications

Style and girl culture

Ballet and girl culture

Girls' literacy practices

Girls, digital culture, and new media

Girl gamers

Representations of girls and young women in film as an entry point to studying girl culture

Whose girlhood? Race, representation, and girlhood

Girlhood in the time of AIDS: popular images, representations, and their effects

Part 2. Girl culture A to Z

Selected bibliography

About the editors

About the contributors

Index.