Independent Identities: Rural Adolescent Girls’ Narratives of Isolation and Connection (WCW Lunchtime Seminar Series Presentation)
Date: December 11, 2008 • 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Erin Seaton, Ed.D., will speak about her ethnographic and narrative research with rural adolescent girls growing up in central New Hampshire. The girls she interviewed faced multiple challenges to crafting coherent and constructive self-identities, including sexism, violence, poverty, racism, heterosexism, and conflicting messages about sexuality and femininity. A central aspect of Seaton’s research addresses the complexity of the girls’ relationships in their small town. Here, the tight-knit community gave some girls a feeling of protection and simultaneously endangered other girls, who experienced violations in close relationships or believed they were prejudged by others. Seaton’s research highlights the ways in which these rural girls attempted to craft a sense of self with grace and courage. Lunchtime seminars are free and open to the public. Bring a lunch; coffee and tea will be served.
Wellesley Centers for Women – Cheever House
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