Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Girls, Texts, Cultures 1
6. Contemporary Girlhoods and Subjectivities
7. From Girlhood, Girls, to Girls’ Studies 17
8. On Secrets, Lies, and Fiction 36
9. Disgusting Subjects 53
10. Still Centre Stage? 75
11. The Politics of Girlhood
12. Warrior Girl and the Searching Tribe 113
13. Girls’ Texts, Visual Culture, and Shifting the Boundaries of Knowledge in Social Justice Research 139
14. “Doing Their Bit” 161
15. Bollywood as a Role Model 189
16. Settling and Unsettling Girlhoods
17. Movable Morals 211
18. Wild Australian Girls? 237
19. Dynamic (Con)Texts 261
20. Reading Smart Girls 287
21. Contributors 313
22. Index 321
23. Books in the Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada Series 333