Jessica K. Taft
Auteur de Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas
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Jessica K. Taft is Associate Professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change across the Americas.
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Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality… par Jonathan M. Metzl
I didn't find these essays to be particularly revealing. Most present information I am, at least generally, already aware of; worse, several are written in the convoluted, murky "humanit-ese" that I suppose makes certain writers/readers feel technical and special. That said, many do raise interesting, concerning, values points (even if it takes 2000 words to finally get to them in a couple of cases.)
This book was recommended to me as an alternative to [b:Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls|159760|Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls|Mary Bray Pipher|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309210035s/159760.jpg|39005]. While I really appreciated knowing more about young women's activism and organizing across the continent, it actually is not a book about what kinds of shifts to expect when your daughter hits adolescence (and all the social conditions that make it all so much harder). It's also an academic book, so it was pretty much impossible to read it aloud to my daughter and keep her attention for any length of time.
So if you're looking for a book on what to expect when raising a girl child through adolescence, this is not the book. If you're looking for examples of undervalued, underreported activism and organizing among young women, then this is it.… (plus d'informations)
So if you're looking for a book on what to expect when raising a girl child through adolescence, this is not the book. If you're looking for examples of undervalued, underreported activism and organizing among young women, then this is it.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 32
- Popularité
- #430,838
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 6