Girlhood, Translated: Understanding Young Women in the Age of Therapy Speak and Self-Diagnosis
by Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell M.D.
Girlhood, Translated explores how therapy language and self-diagnosis shape contemporary understandings of young women and adolescence. Focusing on the vocabulary used to describe emotional life and identity, Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell examines the cultural meanings attached to girlhood in the present age.
About This Book
Girlhood, Translated examines the experience of young women through the lens of contemporary therapy language and self-diagnosis.
The book considers how psychological terms and concepts have entered everyday conversations about adolescence, identity, and emotional life.
With attention to the ways girlhood is understood and described, it offers a focused exploration of changing cultural perspectives on young women.
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