Growing up girls popular culture and the construction of identity edited by sharon r mazzarella and norma odom pecora new york peter lang 2001 prom night youth schools and popular culture by amy l best new york and london routledge 2000 running for their lives girls cultural identity and stories of survival edited by sherrie . In todays society more and more mass media and popular culture is being produced for about and by pre adolescent and adolescent girls than ever before the intent of this book is to help us better understand the complex relationship between girls and their culture informed by a broad range of theoretical perspectives and employing a variety of methodologies the essays in this collection . Growing up girls popular culture and the construction of identity is must reading for anyone who seeks to understand the complex relationship of girls to popular culture questions of identity are explored from the perspectives of women of diverse cultures and in several essays the girls themselves. Growing up girls popular culture and the construction of identity growing up girls popular culture culture and adolescent development scholarworksgvsu adolescent girls from cairo have a median age of menarche between 12 and 13 years whereas the age of menarche for rural egyptian girls is close to 14 years old chronic 5 chen and farruggia . Growing up girls popular culture and the construction of identity mazzarella sharon r pecora norma odom 9780820440217 books amazonca