Girls, Style, and School Identities: Dressing the Part

By Shauna Pomerantz

Book Overview

Writing against the grain of popular perception and moral panic, Pomerantz offers an intricate look at the importance of style for girls in school. Based on a year long ethnography in a Canadian high school, Pomerantz highlights style as a meaning-making practice that demands to be taken seriously.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403982066
• ISBN13: 9781403982063
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"