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Girls Today
Girls, Girl Culture and Girl Studies
Catherine Driscoll
a history of modern girlhood is entwined with anxieties about cultural
norms and cultural change that are foundational to “girlhood” and “girl
culture.” is essay sketches a history of discourses on girls, girlhood and girl
culture as the necessary genealogical context for a subsequent discussion of
the fi eld of contemporary girl studies. It begins with historical perspectives
on the ‘girl of the period’ from the nineteenth century, through the “girl of
yesterday,” the “it girl” towards the post World War I period that coalesced
the cultural conditions necessary for the teenager to take on iconic status.
second half of the article considers girlhood studies today—and in par-
ticular its interest in locating, describing and problematizing girls’ voice and
girls’ agency. In a world increasingly perceived as “global,” these are powerful.
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