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Ophelia speaks : adolescent girls write about their search for self / Sara Shandler.

Shandler, Sara. (Author).
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  • 1 copy at The Center Library.

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Record details

  • ISBN: 0060952970 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 285 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, c1999.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: 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 ; Preganancy ; 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.
Subject: Adolescence > Personal Narratives.
Adolescent psychology.
Body image in adolescence > United States.
Body image > Personal Narratives.
Self-esteem in adolescence > United States.
Self-perception > Personal Narratives.
Teenage girls > United States > Physiology.
Teenage girls > United States > Psychology.
Women > Personal Narratives.
Youths' writings, American.

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