Girl Wide Web 2.0

«The global complexities of girlhood, new media, and identities are highlighted in this cutting-edge anthology. Girlhood is broadly defined, encompassing a range of ages as well as social locations across class, nation, race, ethnicity, and sexuality; the authors are acutely aware of the ways in which power and politics circumscribe the new media environment, addressing the impacts on girls’ lives of the digital divide, poverty, gender violence, transnational marketing and consumerism, and cultural forces. At the same time, girls’ self-definition, agency, and resistance shines through in these essays, as girls tap into the power of the Web and use it to articulate their diverse experiences and stances. This is an important and exciting follow-up to the first Girl Wide Web anthology, expanding the scope and substance of contemporary girl studies.» (Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, author of ‘The Lolita Effect’)
«This compelling sequel to Girl Wide Web expands and enriches our understanding of both girlhood and the Internet during the Web’s second generation. Validating girls’ media practices around the globe while also complicating notions of agency, literacy, community, and civic engagement via attention to difference, the contributors and their research subjects demonstrate the complex interactions, negotiations, and performances of girls’ participatory cyberculture.» (Mary Celeste Kearney, author of ‘Girls Make Media’)
«The global complexities of girlhood, new media, and identities are highlighted in this cutting-edge anthology. Girlhood is broadly defined, encompassing a range of ages as well as social locations across class, nation, race, ethnicity, and sexuality; the authors are acutely aware of the ways in which power and politics circumscribe the new media environment, addressing the impacts on girls’ lives of the digital divide, poverty, gender violence, transnational marketing and consumerism, and cultural forces. At the same time, girls’ self-definition, agency, and resistance shines through in these essays, as girls tap into the power of the Web and use it to articulate their diverse experiences and stances. This is an important and exciting follow-up to the first Girl Wide Web anthology, expanding the scope and substance of contemporary girl studies.» (Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, author of ‘The Lolita Effect’)
«This compelling sequel to Girl Wide Web expands and enriches our understanding of both girlhood and the Internet during the Web’s second generation. Validating girls’ media practices around the globe while also complicating notions of agency, literacy, community, and civic engagement via attention to difference, the contributors and their research subjects demonstrate the complex interactions, negotiations, and performances of girls’ participatory cyberculture.» (Mary Celeste Kearney, author of ‘Girls Make Media’)