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Talking Young Femininities

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Pia Pichler

    1. Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Girls’ Talk as a Resource for Identity Construction

    1. Girls’ Talk as a Resource for Identity Construction

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 1-17

  3. Talking Young Femininities: Identity and the Interplay Between Gender, Ethnicity and Social Class

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-21
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    2. Cool and Socially Aware Private-School Girls

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 23-63

    3. Sheltered but Independent East End Girls

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 64-104

    4. Tough and Respectable British Bangladeshi Girls

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 105-150

  4. Sex Talk and the Construction of Young Femininities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-158
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    2. Self-disclosing Sex Talk: Self-determined Girls

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 159-187

    3. Playful Sex Talk: ‘Good Girls’ and ‘Bad Girls’

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 188-215

    4. Impersonal Sex Talk: Knowing Girls

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 216-243

    5. Conclusions

      • Pia Pichler
      Pages 244-249

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 250-269
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Talking Young Femininities explores the spontaneous talk of adolescent British girls from different socio-cultural backgrounds, examining the different discursive identities they negotiate in their talk, including the 'cool' private-school-girl, the 'tough' British Bangladeshi girl, and the 'sheltered' East End girl.

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Shortlisted for the International Gender and Language Book Prize 2010

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  • Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

    Pia Pichler

About the author

PIA PICHLER is a Lecturer in Linguistics at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. She has published work in the area of language and gender and on the linguistic construction of identity, with a particular focus on the interplay of local identity practices with gender, ethnicity and social class. She is co-editor of Gender and Spoken Interaction.

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