Table of Contents

Table of contents - 4 Acknowledgments - 6 Part I: Introduction - 8 Ch 1: Disciplining Girls’ Bodies - 10 Ch 2: Girls’ Studies - 20 Ch 3: Doing Identity - 38 Ch 4: Method & Methodology - 62 Part II: Contexts of Performances - 94 Ch 5: Life at Primary School - 96 Ch 6: Advancing to Secondary School - 122 Part III: Mapping Performances - 140 Ch 7: Subject-Positions - 142 Ch 8: Performance Practices - 168 Ch 9: Influence Spheres - 190 Ch 10: Interpretative Repertoires - 210 Ch 11: Conclusions & Discussion - 228 Appendices - 240 Notes - 267 References - 273 Nederlandse samenvatting - 290 Glossary of terms - 295

About the Author

Linda Duits obtained her masters degree in Political Science and her PhD in Communication Science. She is currently Assistant Professor in Qualitative Methods at the department of Communication of the University of Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR) and the Centre for Popular Culture.