Tween Girls' Dressing and Young Femininity in Singapore: Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast?
About this ebook
The book offers new ways of approaching and looking at girls’ adult-like dressing that move beyond the discourse of sexualisation. In establishing a space for young Singaporean girls’ voices in an area that has been dominated by studies from the West, this book also shows how the focus on tween girls in Asia can contribute to and advance the current state of girls’ studies.
About the author
Bernice is Postdoctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore, Centre for Family and Population Research. She was awarded her Ph.D. from Monash University, Australia, in 2017. She has research experience in youth identities, girlhood and young femininities. Born and raised in Singapore, Bernice’s work focuses specifically on tween-aged girls in Singapore and their cultural and fashioned identities. Her work speaks to the disciplines of the sociology and anthropology of children and youth, and gender and digital cultures. Bernice’s other work on girls’ young femininities in Singapore can be found on Girlhood Studies, Young and The Conversation (AU). She was also Recipient of the Postgraduate Publication Award from Monash University in 2017 and the Early Career Researcher Conference Funding from The Sociological Review (UK) in 2018. In her current position, Bernice works on a funded project that examines cross-national families and the children growing up in these homes.
