Girlhood: A Global History

by Nancy L. Stockdale, Colleen A. Vasconcellos, Jennifer Helgren

Book Overview

Girlhood, interdisciplinary and global in source, scope, and methodology, 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, essays illuminate the various continuities and differences in girls' lives across culture and region--girls on all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813547059
• ISBN13: 9780813547053
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary