Growing Up Female: Adolescent Girlhood in American Fiction (Contributions in Ethnic Studies,)

'œArguing that the novel of adolescent reflects 'social reality,' White's study of female characters between the ages of 12 and 19 demonstrates that although the adolescent girl is crucial to the replication of the social system, her role and position in that system has been one of conflict. White confines her study to novels by American women writers, since, she says, adolescence was 'invented' in America some time after the turn of the last century, and young women have been ignored in all previous studies of the subject. Her excellent bibliography will be useful especially to librarians.'' ChoiceBarbara A. White is the author of 'Growing Up Female: Adolescent Girlhood in American Fiction (Contributions in Ethnic Studies,)', published 1985 under ISBN 9780313248269 and ISBN 0313248265.