Talking Young Femininities

1. Girls’ Talk as a Resource for Identity Construction

1. Girls’ Talk as a Resource for Identity Construction
Pia Pichler

Part I. Talking Young Femininities: Identity and the Interplay Between Gender, Ethnicity and Social Class

2. Cool and Socially Aware Private-School Girls
Pia Pichler

3. Sheltered but Independent East End Girls
Pia Pichler

4. Tough and Respectable British Bangladeshi Girls
Pia Pichler

Part II. Sex Talk and the Construction of Young Femininities

5. Self-disclosing Sex Talk: Self-determined Girls
Pia Pichler

6. Playful Sex Talk: ‘Good Girls’ and ‘Bad Girls’
Pia Pichler

7. Impersonal Sex Talk: Knowing Girls
Pia Pichler

8. Conclusions
Pia Pichler

Keywords: Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Gender Studies, Feminism, Communication Studies