Sinikka Aapola
Biographic Data
| ID | 1630901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sinikka Aapola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sinikka |
| FAMILY NAME | Aapola |
| SIGNATURE | AAPOLA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Young Femininity
This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contemporary theoretical and popular discourses, and to examine how young women from different social backgrounds and cultural contexts negotiate their gendered identities. Encompassing topics such as sexuality, the body, friendship, family, education, work and citizenship, this is an appealing and wide-rang…
Exploring Dimensions of Age in Young People's Lives
This article focuses on dimensions of age in young people's life contexts within a discourse analytical framework. The analysis is based on meanings of age presented by Finnish secondary school students. The data consist of 88 autobiographical essays, written by 15 to 16-year-old boys and girls. Age is approached as a socially constructed phenomenon, defined differently in varying contexts
Doing it Differently
In this article we explore the changing constitutive relationship between agency and social structure in the fashioning of young women's identities, focusing on one of the key social processes that shapes young women's experience of entering into 'adulthood'; the institution of heterosexuality. Traditionally crucial in positioning oneself as 'properly' female and mature, discourses of heterosexuality are parts of a network of power relations gove…
Mature girls and adolescent boys? Deconstructing discourses of adolescence and gender
School smart
Självständighet, närhet, mångsidighet
Sinikka Aapola visar i denna artikel hur unga flickors vänskapsrelationer präglar så gott som all deras verksamhet. Via vänskapskulturen kan man komma åt mekanismerna för hur det kvinnliga formas i samhället: vilka färdigheter erhåller flickorna tillsammans med sina jämnåriga på vägen mot vuxenhet och kvinnlighet
Exploring Dimensions of Age in Young People's Lives
This article focuses on dimensions of age in young people's life contexts within a discourse analytical framework. The analysis is based on meanings of age presented by Finnish secondary school students. The data consist of 88 autobiographical essays, written by 15 to 16-year-old boys and girls. Age is approached as a socially constructed phenomenon, defined differently in varying contexts
Mature girls and adolescent boys? Deconstructing discourses of adolescence and gender
Doing it Differently
In this article we explore the changing constitutive relationship between agency and social structure in the fashioning of young women's identities, focusing on one of the key social processes that shapes young women's experience of entering into 'adulthood'; the institution of heterosexuality. Traditionally crucial in positioning oneself as 'properly' female and mature, discourses of heterosexuality are parts of a network of power relations gove…
School smart
Självständighet, närhet, mångsidighet
Sinikka Aapola visar i denna artikel hur unga flickors vänskapsrelationer präglar så gott som all deras verksamhet. Via vänskapskulturen kan man komma åt mekanismerna för hur det kvinnliga formas i samhället: vilka färdigheter erhåller flickorna tillsammans med sina jämnåriga på vägen mot vuxenhet och kvinnlighet
School smart
Mature girls and adolescent boys? Deconstructing discourses of adolescence and gender
Doing it Differently
In this article we explore the changing constitutive relationship between agency and social structure in the fashioning of young women's identities, focusing on one of the key social processes that shapes young women's experience of entering into 'adulthood'; the institution of heterosexuality. Traditionally crucial in positioning oneself as 'properly' female and mature, discourses of heterosexuality are parts of a network of power relations gove…
Exploring Dimensions of Age in Young People's Lives
This article focuses on dimensions of age in young people's life contexts within a discourse analytical framework. The analysis is based on meanings of age presented by Finnish secondary school students. The data consist of 88 autobiographical essays, written by 15 to 16-year-old boys and girls. Age is approached as a socially constructed phenomenon, defined differently in varying contexts
Young Femininity
This text draws on international work to do with femininity, identity and youth cultures to explore how girlhood is defined and portrayed in contemporary theoretical and popular discourses, and to examine how young women from different social backgrounds and cultural contexts negotiate their gendered identities. Encompassing topics such as sexuality, the body, friendship, family, education, work and citizenship, this is an appealing and wide-rang…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works)