Reviving Ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls / Mary Pipher.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2005, c1994.Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. edDescription: 304 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1594481881
  • 9781594481888
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ 798 .P57 1994
Contents:
Preface -- Saplings in the storm -- Theoretical issues, for your own good -- Developmental issues, "I'm not waving, I'm drowning" -- Families, the root systems -- Mothers -- Fathers -- Divorce -- Within the hurricane, depression -- Worshiping the gods of thinness -- Drugs and alcohol, if Ophelia were alive today -- Sex and violence -- Then and now -- What I've learned from listening -- Let a thousand flowers bloom -- Fence at the top of the hill -- Recommended reading -- Index -- Reader's guide.
Summary: Describes the psychological pitfalls faced by teenage girls growing up in a dangerous world in which violence, sexual harassment, eating disorders, promiscuity, and drug use have become the norm.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HQ 798 .P57 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98647453

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]) and index.

Preface -- Saplings in the storm -- Theoretical issues, for your own good -- Developmental issues, "I'm not waving, I'm drowning" -- Families, the root systems -- Mothers -- Fathers -- Divorce -- Within the hurricane, depression -- Worshiping the gods of thinness -- Drugs and alcohol, if Ophelia were alive today -- Sex and violence -- Then and now -- What I've learned from listening -- Let a thousand flowers bloom -- Fence at the top of the hill -- Recommended reading -- Index -- Reader's guide.

Describes the psychological pitfalls faced by teenage girls growing up in a dangerous world in which violence, sexual harassment, eating disorders, promiscuity, and drug use have become the norm.

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