Tina Belinda Benigno

The Extra-Ordinary Girl

Care, Connection, and Social Power On and Off Screen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a unique and comprehensive combination of methodological and conceptual approaches to cultural, historical and sociological analyses, feminism and speculative fiction. It will appeal to girlhood & feminist studies, film & media, child and youth studies, humanities, cultural studies & social sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781032955162
• ISBN-10: 1032955163
• Artikelnr.: 73532856

Autorenporträt

Tina Belinda Benigno is Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Humanities, and Faculty Advisor (Arts, Humanities, Political Science, and Education) in the Department of English and Communications at Albertus Magnus College, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Background and Context
Part I: On and Off Screen
Chapter 1: Speculative Fiction and the Real World
Chapter 2: Teen Girls in Toronto Interviewed
Part II: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Warrior-Activist
Chapter 3: Katniss and The Warrior/Activist Figure on Screen
Chapter 4: Teen Girl Activists in North America
Part III: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Witch
Chapter 5: Sabrina and the Witch Figure on Screen
Chapter 6: Teen Witches Today and in History
Part IV: Negotiating Figurations of Girlhood: The Complexity of Care
Chapter 7: Context, Analysis, and Responses to Care, Relationships, and
Power
Chapter 8: Cultural Context: Neoliberalism, Media, and Community
Conclusion
Appendices
Index