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Girls’ Style as a Point of Convergence
Before moving on to a discussion of how girls used style to construct and negotiate their identities in the school, it is useful to place the topic... -
Freaks and Geeks: “I Don’t Give a Damn ’Bout a Bad Reputation”
Idon’t know if I could have entertained writing on the long-standing Degrassi series, which began broadcasting in 1983 and continued to follow the... -
Beyond the “Slut” Look: From Incitement to Identity
I was in a downtown coffee shop the first time I recognized it as a style. I had just settled into my seat when I looked up to see the “ass crack”... -
“I Dress the Way I Feel”: Image, Agency, and Power
As I discussed in chapter 1, within a poststructural framework, there are no fixed subjects with stable and immutable identities. Identity is a... -
Computers Supporting Dialogue: Breaking Out of the Frame
In the last chapter I described how typical initiation, response, feedbackinteractions with tutorial software and simulations could be opened up... -
Kommerzielle und nicht-kommerzielle Mädchen- und Jugendzeitschriften: Diskursive und kontextuelle Analysen
„Fotogeschichten“, je nach herausgebendem Verlag auch „Fotolove-Storys“ oder „Fotoromane“ genannt, sind ein festes, nicht wegzudenkendes Genre... -
Downtime on the Net: The Rise of Virtual Leisure Industries
When Manuel Castells in 2001 came to focus on the culture of the internet, attempting to describe its curious amalgam of origins and influences, and... -
Genealogical Education: Finding Internet-Based Educational Content for Hobbyist Genealogists
The hobby of genealogy is today one of the most popular leisure pursuits for everyday people. Not since the mid-19th century’s period of fluctuating... -
Regional learning networks — building bridges between schools, university and community
The so-called “digital divide” seems to be a major social obstacle for the Information Society. Most experts agree that citizens will need... -
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C.A.L.L., Culture and the Language Curriculum: An Important Issue?
There can be no doubt that computer-assisted language learning is a growth area. Since 1983, when I first became interested in C.A.L.L., and since... -