10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIRLISHNESS»
Discover the use of
girlishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
girlishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Girlhood and the Plastic Image
Morpheus to Neo, The Matrix142 Chapters 2, 3, and 4 offer a theory of girlishness
. This is ultimately not a theory “about girlishness” (and even less a theory about
girls), but about the concepts that feminine adolescence gives rise to and which ...
Heather Warren-Crow, 2014
2
The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
For example, the entry for girlish also mentions girlish/y and girlishness— both
words of English, but not given their own entries. It would be silly, though, to try to
create a writing system that had one symbol for girl, an entirely different one for ...
Amalia E. Gnanadesikan, 2011
girlishness. and. a. radiant. sensuality. . ." MOVIES. Brooke Adams Roy Scheider
stars in All That Jazz. ". Spain, 1972: Brooke Adams is leaning over her ironing
board, dying a little bit more of boredom with each shirt she finishes. To pass the
...
4
Interpreting the Maternal Organization
Visually,the hairboth signifies thegenetic trace of the absent father and her
girlishness, worn down and undressed. This headand hair are placed over the
robes of state traditionally worn by male monarchs. The freakishspectacle of
thefemale ...
Heather Höpfl, Monika Kostera, 2003
5
Selected Critical Writings of George Santayana (1968)
Sending him there must have been a last desperate measure insisted on by his
brothers, to cure him of his girlishness. A cruel remedy, it might seem, as if he had
been sent to sea before the mast. Why hadn't his father and mother corrected ...
6
John Ruskin's Correspondence with Joan Severn: Sense and ...
Based on her readings particularly of Ethics and Praeterita, she compellingly
argues that 'the essential girlishness of the true self' was 'a torment' to Ruskin.
Although we followed similar paths, we reached different conclusions. Having
read ...
7
The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Sisters: Gender, ...
For some sex workers, girlishness is a choice, whereas for others, it is a necessity
. Because of the demands of poverty, not all adult women have the ability to
behave in the womanly fashion so lauded by conduct manuals. The narrator's ...
Jennifer Higginbotham, 2013
8
Dayneford's Library: American Homosexual Writing, 1900-1913
Sending him [to Eton] must have been a last desperate measure insisted on by
his brothers, to cure him of his girlishness . . . Why hadn't his father and mother
corrected him sooner? . . . After all, too, they were Bosto- nians; and would it have
...
9
We Boys Together: Teenagers in Love Before Girl-craziness
GIRL-CRAZINESS. AND. GIRLISHNESS. When a teenage boy who did like girls
appeared in mass culture, he was framed as deviant, an effeminate contrast to
the real, red-blooded, masculine boy who "spurned all girls with vigilant care.
10
The Age of Innocence: Revised Edition of Original Version
But he remembered how, eventhen,she hadsurprised himbydropping back
toinexpressive girlishness as soon asherconscience hadbeeneased ofits burden;
andhesaw thatshewould probably go through life dealing to the best of her ability
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIRLISHNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
girlishness is used in the context of the following news items.
Jacqueline Fernandez's Date night with Jackie
Jackie likes to opt for something that combines comfort with a touch of prettiness and girlishness. A silky blouse with a long bohemian skirt is ... «Free press journal, Jul 15»
Theatre review: The Seagull at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Janie Dee delivers a memorably toxic creation, absurdly flexing her lithe limbs in a show of girlishness, skilfully manipulating her lover and ... «Ham&High, Jul 15»
Review: 'Once Upon One Noddah Time'
Sterling Beair (Da Mean Mongoose) was hilarious, and Katja Berthold (Goldilocks) was the epitome of fairy-tale girlishness. The audience ... «Honolulu Pulse, Jul 15»
Why Simone Rocha Uses Nudity in Her Runway Shows
Perhaps it's been Rocha's careful progression that's lessened the shock of her revealing girlishness. Nevertheless, as a female designer, her ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre)
... the best recent Lady Bs – Judi Dench at the National, Maggie Smith in the West End – have sounded new notes of vulnerability, girlishness, ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
'Ingenue to Icon' Review: The Clothes She Kept
Had she been suppressing this inclination or was it a girlishness resurfacing, a full circle coming 'round? After her fourth divorce, in 1964, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
Exclusive: Bella Freud Mines Late '70s Punk and Glam Rock for Resort
That said, Freud's punk moment isn't without a little touch of girlishness. “In the punk days of the late '70s, there was still a hangover of glam ... «Style.com, Jun 15»
The kind of movies I'm in, you're lucky if your mum sees it
At 43, there is still a girlishness about the actress, and she smiles and laughs her way through breakfast - for her, a full English (eggs scrambled ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Chic Cheat: Marks & Spencer denim pinafore
The just-below-the-knee hemline takes some of the little-girlishness out of it. On another note, dungarees are all over the place at the moment. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
The Widow: Dietlinde Turban Maazel takes over Castleton
Her golden brown hair, tinged with silver, is pulled back. The effect of girlishness is somehow enhanced by the light German accent that softens ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
