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Reviving Ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls / Mary Pipher, Ph.D., and Sara Pipher Gilliam.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York City : Riverhead Books, 2019Edition: Riverhead 25th anniversary editionDescription: xxvii, 418 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525537045
  • 052553704X
Other title:
  • Saving the selves of adolescent girls
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction (Mary) -- Introduction (Sara) -- 1. Saplings in the Storm -- 2. False Selves, True Selves -- 3. Developmental Considerations -- 4. Then and Now, 1959-2019 -- 5. Families: The Root Systems -- 6. Mothers -- 7. Fathers -- 8. Divorce -- 9. Depression and Self-Harm -- 10. Anxiety -- 11. Worshipping Thinness -- 12. Drugs and Alcohol -- 13 Sex and Violence -- 14. What I've Learned from Listening -- 15. Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom -- 16. A Fence at the Top of the Hil -- Afterword: Thriving in the Age of Disruption -- Recommended Reading.
Summary: "In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to reframe the national conversation about what author Mary Pipher called "a girl-poisoning culture" surrounding adolescents. Fast forward to today, and adolescent girls and the parents, teachers, and counselors who care about them find themselves confronting many of the same challenges Pipher wrote about originally as well as new ones specific to today. In this revised and updated Reviving Ophelia, Pipher and her daughter, Sara Pipher Gilliam (who was a teenager at the time of the book's original publication), have incorporated these new issues for a 21st-century readership. In addition to examining the impact that social media has on adolescent girls' lives today, Pipher and Gilliam explore the rising and empowering importance of student activism in girls' lives, the wider acceptance of diverse communities among young people, and the growing disparities between urban and rural, rich and poor, and how they can affect young girls' sense of self-worth. With a new foreword and afterword and chapters that explore these topics, this new edition of Reviving Ophelia builds on the relevance of the original as it provides key insights into the challenges and opportunities facing adolescent girls today. The approach Pipher and Gilliam take in the new edition is just what it was in the original: a timely, readable combination of insightful research and real-world examples that illuminate the challenges young women face and the ways to address them. This updated Reviving Ophelia looks at 21st century adolescent girls through fresh eyes, with insights and ideas that will help new generations of readers." -- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 305.2352 P665 Available 33111009671427
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The 25th anniversary edition of the iconic book , revised and updated for 21st-century adolescent girls and their families.

In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to reframe the national conversation about what author Mary Pipher called "a girl-poisoning culture" surrounding adolescents. Fast forward to today, and adolescent girls and the parents, teachers, and counselors who care about them find themselves confronting many of the same challenges Pipher wrote about originally as well as new ones specific to today.

Girls still struggle with misogyny, sexism, and issues of identity and self-esteem. But they're also more isolated than ever before: They don't talk face-to-face to the people around them, including their peers, as they used to: They're texting or on social media for hours at a time. And while girls today are less likely to be in trouble for their drinking or sexual behavior, they have a greater chance of becoming depressed, anxious, or suicidal.

In this revised and updated Reviving Ophelia , Pipher and her daughter, Sara Pipher Gilliam (who was a teenager at the time of the book's original publication), have incorporated these new issues for a 21st-century readership. In addition to examining the impact that social media has on adolescent girls' lives today, Pipher and Gilliam explore the rising and empowering importance of student activism in girls' lives, the wider acceptance of diverse communities among young people, and the growing disparities between urban and rural, rich and poor, and how they can affect young girls' sense of self-worth. With a new foreword and afterword and chapters that explore these topics, this new edition of Reviving Ophelia builds on the relevance of the original as it provides key insights into the challenges and opportunities facing adolescent girls today.

The approach Pipher and Gilliam take in the new edition is just what it was in the original: a timely, readable combination of insightful research and real-world examples that illuminate the challenges young women face and the ways to address them. This updated Reviving Ophelia looks at 21st century adolescent girls through fresh eyes, with insights and ideas that will help new generations of readers.

An updated edition of the 1994 Putnam publication.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction (Mary) -- Introduction (Sara) -- 1. Saplings in the Storm -- 2. False Selves, True Selves -- 3. Developmental Considerations -- 4. Then and Now, 1959-2019 -- 5. Families: The Root Systems -- 6. Mothers -- 7. Fathers -- 8. Divorce -- 9. Depression and Self-Harm -- 10. Anxiety -- 11. Worshipping Thinness -- 12. Drugs and Alcohol -- 13 Sex and Violence -- 14. What I've Learned from Listening -- 15. Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom -- 16. A Fence at the Top of the Hil -- Afterword: Thriving in the Age of Disruption -- Recommended Reading.

"In 1994, Reviving Ophelia was published, and it shone a much-needed spotlight on the problems faced by adolescent girls. The book became iconic and helped to reframe the national conversation about what author Mary Pipher called "a girl-poisoning culture" surrounding adolescents. Fast forward to today, and adolescent girls and the parents, teachers, and counselors who care about them find themselves confronting many of the same challenges Pipher wrote about originally as well as new ones specific to today. In this revised and updated Reviving Ophelia, Pipher and her daughter, Sara Pipher Gilliam (who was a teenager at the time of the book's original publication), have incorporated these new issues for a 21st-century readership. In addition to examining the impact that social media has on adolescent girls' lives today, Pipher and Gilliam explore the rising and empowering importance of student activism in girls' lives, the wider acceptance of diverse communities among young people, and the growing disparities between urban and rural, rich and poor, and how they can affect young girls' sense of self-worth. With a new foreword and afterword and chapters that explore these topics, this new edition of Reviving Ophelia builds on the relevance of the original as it provides key insights into the challenges and opportunities facing adolescent girls today. The approach Pipher and Gilliam take in the new edition is just what it was in the original: a timely, readable combination of insightful research and real-world examples that illuminate the challenges young women face and the ways to address them. This updated Reviving Ophelia looks at 21st century adolescent girls through fresh eyes, with insights and ideas that will help new generations of readers." -- Provided by publisher.

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