Drawing on extensive research with a diverse group of seventy teen
girls, Zaslow offers a critical account of the girl power moment in
which feminism and femininity are shrink-wrapped together in one
market-friendly package. With a focus on pop-music and television,
Zaslow skillfully explores the negotiative processes of teen girls as
they make sense of girl power's new cultural narratives of femininity as
well as its failure to offer strategies for real social change. Written
in highly accessible language, this book charts new territory as it
offers a rich account of the ways in which teen girls understand style,
sexuality, motherhood, and feminism in girl power media culture, and how
their desires, social experiences, and imaginings of the future are
shaped in their relationship with a neoliberal girl power discourse.