Extra-Ordinary Girl - Care, Connection, and Social Power on and Off Screen

This book is a unique and comprehensive combination of methodological and conceptual approaches to cultural, historical and sociological analyses, feminism and speculative fiction. It will appeal to girlhood & feminist studies, film & media, child and youth studies, humanities, cultural studies & social sciences.

List of contents

Introduction: Background and Context
Part I: On and Off Screen
Chapter 1: Speculative Fiction and The Real World
Chapter 2: Teen Girls in Toronto Interviewed
Part II: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Warrior-Activist
Chapter 3: Katniss and The Warrior/Activist Figure on Screen
Chapter 4: Teen Girl Activists in North America
Part III: Figurations of Extra-Ordinary Girlhood: The Witch
Chapter 5: Sabrina and the Witch Figure on Screen
Chapter 6: Teen Witches Today and In History
Part IV: Negotiating Figurations of Girlhood: The Complexity of Care
Chapter 7: Context, Analysis & Responses to Care, Relationships & Power
Chapter 8: Cultural Context: Neoliberalism, Media, and Community
Conclusion
Appendices
Index

About the author

Tina Belinda Benigno is Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Humanities, and Faculty Advisor (Arts, Humanities, Political Science & Education) in the Department of English and Communications at Albertus Magnus College, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Tina Belinda Benigno, Tina Belinda (Albertus Magnus College Benigno
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032955162
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295516-2
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; History, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Anthropology, The arts, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society