10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMBOYISHNESS»
Discover the use of
tomboyishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tomboyishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Children in Our Lives: Knowing and Teaching Them
Because as a child Daphne's great vitality and enthusiasm had seemed to be
rooted most essentially in her tomboyishness, I would also guess that Daphne felt
nothing but relief when she got to change from her Easter dress and hat back into
...
2
Shakespeare Re-dressed: Cross-gender Casting in Contemporary ...
In that show Miranda had developed a tomboyishness justified by her having
been raised outside the company of women and in a situation where the only
way that the actress could assert her personality was through a species of
defiance to ...
3
Gender, Class and Education (Routledge Revivals)
Tomboyishness is another way that some of the girls resisted the feminine
stereotype. Tomboyishness is in part a matter of taking on characteristics of dress
and physical activity that are more characteristic of boys of that age. Such girls ...
Stephen Walker, Len Barton, 2014
4
Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
54 In this cultural context Babe's childish tomboyishness earned her unique
status among her peers. She experienced admiration, ridicule, and self- imposed
ostracism because she was an extreme example of tomboyishness even within
her ...
5
Sex, Hormones and Behaviour
Ehrhardt: The observation of increased tomboyish behaviour is not relevant
clinically, since tomboyishness is acceptable for girls in our culture. I would only
become concerned if the patient during childhood begins to show gender identity
...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
"I'm not afraid," she quipped, "I guess that can be attributed to my basic
tomboyishness." Tomboyishness? At 5'7", 125 well-distributed pounds, who's she
A sports enthusiast, Miss Johnson divides her leisure time between football (
above) and ...
7
Discourses of Difference: An Analysis of Women's Travel ...
... her life at home (Birkett, 1986). Very frequently in the criticism there is mention
of the tomboyishness of the author, which developed into a wish to travel:
Alexandra David-Neel's biographer states that she ran away from home at an
early age ...
8
Strange Bodies: Gender and Identity in the Novels of Carson ...
In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding, it is the tension
between Mick's and Frankie's tomboyishness and the ideal of the southern belle
or lady that most obviously makes manifest this interconnected dichotomy.
Sarah Gleeson-White, 2003
9
Imagined Families, Lived Families: Culture and Kinship in ...
It should be noted, however, that from the point of view of her family, Akane's
tomboyishness is seen as selfish and strange, very similar to the view that
Japanese society seems to hold towards the young women who do not want to
marry or ...
Akiko Hashimoto, John W. Traphagan, 2008
10
Pacific Homosexualities
But her tomboyishness was never developed when she was young because her
friends were not tomboys in high school. But during her college days most of her
friends were tomboys. They courted girls. She had three girl friends. At first we ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMBOYISHNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tomboyishness is used in the context of the following news items.
In praise of the tomboy
Tomboyishness is very common. In a US study from 2012, while nearly half of girls reported being traditional girls, the rest almost equally identified as either ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
Beautifully realised Scottish-set animation from Pixar, featuring Kelly …
Is the kick-ass tomboyishness of our protagonist Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) a significant Pixar statement, or just PC pandering? Well, one wouldn't wish ... «The List, Jun 12»
'Hunger Games' Casting: Why Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn't Play …
... “should be Caucasian, between ages 15 and 20, who could portray someone 'underfed but strong,' and 'naturally pretty underneath her tomboyishness.'”. «Huffington Post, Mar 12»
Jennifer Lawrence May Be Up For Hunger Games Lead, But There's …
"She should be Caucasian, between ages 15 and 20, who could portray someone "underfed but strong," and "naturally pretty underneath her tomboyishness.". «Cinema Blend, Mar 11»
