Charles, Claire.

Elite girls' schooling, social class and sexualised popular culture [electronic resource] / Claire Charles. - London : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (viii, 173 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Beholden to no one : elite schoolgirls in the 21st century -- 2. 'Normative' femininities : from romance and domesticity to raunch and visibility? -- 3. (Re)searching for girls' resistance -- 4. Becoming 'lady bountiful' : elite schooling, social class and girl citizenship -- 5. 'Hey skank face, you can't dress properly!' : revisiting sexuality and social class -- 6. 'She's doing it for herself ' : negotiating sexualised popular culture -- 7. Conclusions : 'elite' schoolgirls, normative femininities/sexualities and resistance.

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Elite (Social sciences)--Education--Social aspects.
Feminism and education.
Girls--Education--Social aspects.
Sex differences in education.
Sex in popular culture.