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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"girls identity"”.
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The Price of Entry: How Online Harassment Influences Girls' Identity, Privacy and Speech
Online harassment increasingly targets teenage girls, and it has life-changing consequences. Through a triangulation of historical analysis, community-engaged research and in-depth interviews, this dissertation explores the impact of online harassment on girls’ identity, privacy and speech. Its …
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From hood to highbrow: Narratives of Black college girls’ identity development across class lines
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Visualizing Girlhood: Visibility and the Power of the Black Girl Gaze to Understand Adolescent Girls’ Identity
… highlighted the various ways Black women and girls are rendered invisible throughout many U.S. institutions. In the past few years, advocates have called attention to the ways gendered-racialized biases contribute to the punitive and dehumanizing treatment of Black girls in school. This study …
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"""When I'm with my girls"": Identity and ideology in Black women's talk about language and cultural borders"
… women's talk about their talk focuses on the identity implications and consequences of Black women's language use across cultural borders; a phenomenon also known as code switching. This examination includes a discussion of how the women connect their talk to their identity through the use of …
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Brown Sugar and Spice: Exploring Black Girlhood at Elite, White Schools
<p>Black girls who attend elite, predominantly white schools face a host of unique challenges and tasks in achieving a positive, resolved gendered-racial identity; they must learn to reconcile external and potentially negative definitions of Black girlhood while making their own meaning of being a …
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The making of a good woman : analysing children’s narratives on female gender identity and role in pre-school Saudi Arabia
In this research, I explored young girls’ (4 – 6 years) perceptions of female identity and role in in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Exploring the ways in which their gender identities were interpreted and manifested in narratives and stories to identify and analyse the influences, apparent …
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Narratives Of Possibility: Adolescent Girls Constructing And Negotiating Front And Back Stage Identities Through Blogs
… This research study explored the ways four girls between the ages of 16-19 used blogging to construct meaning of their experiences and negotiate their identities through a wide range of literary practices including nonfiction and fiction writing, photographs, self-created drawings, and other …
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Girls coming of age: possibilites and potentials within young adult literature
… The program is entitled, "Empowerment and Identity Exploration: Young Adult Literature & Creative Expression." Utilizing the five books (Dangerous Angels, Lost at Sea, Story ofa Girl, A Girl Like Che Guevera, and Keeping You a Secret) as a point of departure, students in this program will …
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Shaping and reshaping identities in everyday literacy practices: Adolescent girls' use of selfies in a social and mobile world
Young adolescent girls engage in many leisure and academic activities outside of school that support literacy practices and identity formation. The use of mobile devices and online spaces has become an integral component of girls’ everyday lives that results in copious reading, writing, and …