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Ophelia speaks : adolescent girls write about their search for self
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- Summary
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A collection of the writings of teenage girls from all backgrounds and all parts of the country provides an inside view of their feelings on body image, politics, boys, and parents.
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- Creator
- Sara Shandler
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : HarperPerennial, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 285 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0060952970, 9780060952976, 0606182004, 9780606182003
- OCLC
- ocm40776753
- Body under assault. Media-fed images ; Eating disorders ; Self-inflicted wounds ; Intoxication ; Rape and sexual abuse -- Family matters. Mothers ; Fathers ; Sisters and brothers ; Disintegrating foundations ; No safe place ; Pregnancy ; Death in the family -- The best and worst of friends. With the support of friends ; Friendship lost ; When friends die -- Touched by desire. Innocent attractions ; Seduced by sex ; Diverse sexualities ; Manipulated and controlled ; Broken-hearted independence -- Overcoming obstacles and coming into our own. The academic squeeze ; Depression and therapy ; Race, identity, and prejudice ; Questions of faith ; Feminist pride
Subjects
- Teenage girls -- United States -- Psychology.
- Teenage girls -- Physiology -- United States.
- Self-esteem in adolescence -- United States.
- Body image in adolescence -- United States.
- Youths' writings, American.
- Women.
- Self-perception.
- Adolescent psychology.
- Adolescent
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- Women
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- Self Concept
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- Psychology, Adolescent
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- Body Image
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