Girlhood: A Global History (Series in Childhood Studies (Paperback))

by Miriam Forman - Brunell (Foreword), JenniferHelgren (Foreword), Miriam Brunell (Foreword), Lenie Brouwer (Foreword), ProfChristineCheater (Foreword), ProfCorrieDecker (Foreword), Marion Den Uyl (Foreword), ProfSDuff (Foreword), EThomasEwing (Foreword), Colleen A Vasconcellos (Foreword)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $37.96

  Examines the centrality of girlhood in shaping women's lives. Scholars study how age and gender, along with a multitude of other identities, work together to influence the historical experience. Spanning a broad time frame from 1750 to the present, thematically-arranged essays and case studies illuminate the various continuities and differences in girls' lives across culture and region.