Bodily practices and discourses of hetero-femininity: girls' constitution of subjectivities in their social transition between childhood and adolescence

In foregrounding how girls use their bodies when negotiating subjectivities as adolescents, this paper explores possible ways of doing, being and becoming an adolescent girl in urban, multicultural school contexts. Drawing on interview material generated through a longitudinal qualitative study of c...

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Published in:Gender and education 2009-05, Vol.21 (3), p.293-307
Main Author: Hauge, Mona-Iren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescent
Adolescents
Age
bodily practices
Body
Child development
Childhood
Children
Cultural Pluralism
Discourse Analysis
Ethnicity
Females
Femininity
Gender
Gender Differences
Girls
Human Body
Life Stage Transitions
Longitudinal Studies
Qualitative Research
Sexual Identity
Sexuality
Social change
Subjectivity
Teenagers
Transitions
Urban Areas
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Summary:In foregrounding how girls use their bodies when negotiating subjectivities as adolescents, this paper explores possible ways of doing, being and becoming an adolescent girl in urban, multicultural school contexts. Drawing on interview material generated through a longitudinal qualitative study of children's social transitions between childhood and adolescence, the paper more specifically examines how girls constitute subjectivities through bodily practices which position them according to dominant discourses of hetero-femininity. The paper goes on to argue that the way in which girls negotiate these discourses through practices on and with their bodies has a significant impact on how they subsequently experience their social transition between childhood and adolescence.
ISSN:0954-0253
1360-0516
DOI:10.1080/09540250802667625