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Article: The screamers: drawing on ethnographic research and newspaper reports, Sarah Baker discusses young girls' physical behaviours at promotional appearances of pop stars in Adelaide shopping malls. Specifically, the article looks at how young girls are stereotyped and derided as "screamers" at these performances, and also considers the potential of their praxis to transform shopping space into something Other. (Peer Reviewed Paper).(Brief Article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Ten-year-old Emlyn, a key participant in my research into pre-teen girls' engagement with popular music, was very interested in pop concerts. Like the other seven girls (aged eight to 11) in my research, Emlyn (all participants' names are fictitious) attended St. Cecilia's Girls' College, a Catholic school in Adelaide, and spent most afternoons in the College's after-school care facility. This is where I first met Emlyn and heard about her love of the Australian pop group Savage Garden. Emlyn had wanted to see her favourite group when they toured Adelaide but, she said, "the tickets were too expensive". "I really want to meet them", Emlyn sighed. In particular she wanted ...
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