Between Femininities: Ambivalence, Identity, and the Education of Girls

Between Femininities......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 14
WHAT IS THE “PROBLEM” WITH THESE GIRLS? SCHOOL DISCOURSES OF TEENAGE FEMININITY......Page 15
THE ITINERARY OF AN IDEA......Page 22
ITINERANT WRITINGS/READINGS/PEDAGOGIES......Page 30
2. Points of Departure and Disrupted Arrivals: Negotiating the Research Terrain......Page 34
KNOWING “US” AND “THEM”: ETHNOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE END OF INNOCENCE......Page 35
RESEARCHING EXPERIENCE/EXPERIENCING RESEARCH: CRISIS IN RESEARCH EPISTEMOLOGY AND REPRESENTATION......Page 41
RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIES......Page 45
TEXT, TALK, AND VIDEOTAPE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AS FEMINIST PEDAGOGY......Page 61
NOTES TOWARDS A POLITICS OF ARRIVAL: NEW ETHNOGRAPHIC STORIES......Page 68
3. Crystal’s Story: The Bad Girl Within......Page 74
CRYSTAL’S STORY: NARRATING THE SELF THROUGH ROMANCE......Page 75
SCENES OF DESIRE: THE BAD GIRL WITHIN......Page 81
SCENE 1. SUBJECTIVITY AND FEMININITY......Page 83
SCENE 2. BODIES IN TROUBLE: THE BAD GIRL MADE VISIBLE......Page 89
SCENE 3. NECESSARY FAILURES: DISRUPTING THE GOOD GIRL STORY......Page 105
SCENE 4. GOOD GIRLS AND THE DISAVOWAL OF SELF......Page 112
4. Tori’s Story: Becoming Somebody......Page 118
NARRATING THE SELF FROM THE INSIDE OUT......Page 126
SCENES OF TRANSFORMATION......Page 128
SCENE 1. FROM THE OUTSIDE IN: (RE)DRESSING SOCIAL DIFFERENCE......Page 131
SCENE 2. (RE)SITUATING THE SELF IN SOCIAL SPACE......Page 141
Conclusion: The Good, the Bad, the Smart, and the Popular: Living Ambivalence......Page 174
MIXED SUBJECTS: DISRUPTIVE FIGURES?......Page 176
I. INTERSECTIONS. THE BAD GIRL WITHIN: TRANSFORMATIONS BEYOND THE ENDING......Page 178
II. INTERSECTIONS. BECOMING SOMEBODY: ROMANCING THE SELF......Page 183
MIXED SUBJECTS, NEW SUBJECTIVITIES, AND FEMINIST CULTURAL PEDAGOGIES......Page 192
Reprise......Page 200
CHAPTER 1......Page 202
CHAPTER 2......Page 203
CHAPTER 3......Page 204
CHAPTER 4......Page 205
References......Page 208
B......Page 228
D......Page 229
F......Page 230
G......Page 231
I......Page 232
N......Page 233
P......Page 234
R......Page 235
S......Page 236
V......Page 237
Y......Page 238