Girls in Power
Laura Fingerson
Girls in Power offers a fascinating and unique look at the social
aspects of menstruation in the lives of adolescent girls—and also in the
lives of adolescent boys. Although there has been much research on
other aspects of gender and the body, this is one of the few books to
examine menstruation and the first to explore how it plays a part in
power interactions between boys and girls. Talking openly in single- and
mixed-gender settings, individuals and groups of high school–age girls
and boys share their interpretations and experiences of menstruation.
Author Laura Fingerson reveals that while teens have negative feelings
about menstruation, teen girls use their experiences of menstruation as a
source of embodied power in their interactions with other girls and
with boys. She also explores how boys deal with their own reduced power.
The book extends our theoretical and analytical understanding of youth,
gender, power, and embodiment by providing a more balanced view of
adolescent social life.
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