Agency and the Body in Adolescent Menstrual Talk

Autor/in	Fingerson, Laura
Titel	Agency and the Body in Adolescent Menstrual Talk
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 12 (2005) 1, S.91-110 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568205049894
Schlagwörter	Social Structure; Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Females; Sex Education; Gender Differences; Human Body; Adolescents; Discussion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialstruktur; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Geschlechterkonflikt; Menschlicher Körper; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Diskussion
Abstract	Girls' bodies are often constructed negatively and passively in their dominant cultures, but at the same time, girls may collectively construct menstruation and the body in creative ways. By exploring menstrual talk in individual and group interview data from mostly white, high school age girls and boys in the US, this study finds that girls draw on their bodies in social interaction to exert agency in their negotiations with the gendered world and social structure. These types of agency are based within the girls' sense of responsibility and management of menstruation, their knowledge of menstruation and their social interpretations of menstruation. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10