| Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies: Activism in the GirlZone Contributor(s): Sheridan-Rabideau, Mary P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791472973 ISBN-13: 9780791472972 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Case study of the life of a feminist organization in a changing political and funding climate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| LCCN: 2007013155 |
| Series: Suny Series, Feminist Criticism & Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.45" W x 9.15" (1.00 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the rise and fall of a grassroots, girl-centered organization, GirlZone, which sought to make social change on a local level. Whether skateboarding or designing Web pages, celebrating in weekend "GrrrlFests" or producing a biweekly RadioGirl program, participants in GirlZone came to understand themselves as competent actors in a variety of activities they had previously thought were closed off to them. Drawing on six years of fieldwork examining GirlZone from its inception until its demise, Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau offers insights on the current state of and study of literacy in the extracurriculum. She addresses how girls have become cultural flashpoints reflecting societal--and particularly feminist--anxieties and hopes about the present and the future. Sheridan-Rabideau does more than chronicle the pressure girls face; she offers advice on how feminists, cultural critics, and activists can effect social change on local levels, even in today's increasingly globalized contexts. |