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Das Projekttutorium „Soziologie des Teenage Girls“ nimmt die Lebensrealität von Mädchen im Teenager-Alter in den Blick. Gemeinsam betrachten wir die gesellschaftlichen Zuschreibungen und damit die geschlechterspezifischen Anforderungen, mit denen Teenagerinnen konfrontiert sind. In der ersten Seminarhälfte eignet sich der Kurs Grundlagen der Girlhood Studies an, wobei insbesondere Texte von Angela McRobbie, Simone de Beauvoir und Nancy Chodorow gelesen werden. Es werden dabei zum einen Ambivalenzen beispielsweise im Bereich Ge-schlechteridentität, Sexualität oder Leistungsanforderungen, aufgedeckt. Zum anderen wird die Stellung der diskursiven Figur des Teenage-Mädchens als Gradmesser der Moderne diskutiert. In der zweiten Seminarhälfte werden die zuvor gelesenen feministischen Grundlagen-theorien auf popkulturspezifische Phänomene angewandt: Der Kurs beschäftigt sich mit Sub-kulturen wie Fandoms, analysiert Teen-Girl-Filme und wirft einen Blick hinter die Kulissen von mädchendominierten Plattformen wie Tumblr und TikTok. Am Ende des Seminares schlüpfen die Seminarteilnehmer*innen selbst in die Rolle der Kulturproduzent*innen, in dem sie einen Podcast erstellen. Hier wenden die Studierenden die im Seminar erworbenen Theoriekonzepte auf ein Kulturgut der 2000er, 2010er und frühen 20er Jahre an und versuchen diese wissenschaftlich an ein imaginiertes Publikum zu kommunizieren.

The project tutorial "Sociology of Teenage Girls" takes a look at the gender-specific demands on preadolescent girls. In the first half of the seminar, the course will acquire the basics of Girlhood Studies, with particular emphasis on texts by Angela McRobbie, Simone de Beauvoir, and Nancy Chodorow. Contradictories, for example in gender identity, sexuality, or career pressure, are uncovered. Furthermore, the discursive figure of the teenage girl as an indicator of modernity will be discussed. In the second half of the seminar, the thus acquired knowledge will be applied to pop culture-specific phenomena: The course looks at subcultures such as fandoms, analyses teen girl movies, and takes a behind-the-scenes look at girl-dominated platforms such as Tumblr and TikTok. At the end of the seminar, the participants themselves take on the role of cultural producers by creating a podcast. Here, students apply the theoret-ical concepts to a cultural asset of the last twenty years. This will result in a better understand-ing of the literature and enhance skills in scientific communication.

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• Cullen, Fiona (2015): Are Teenage Girls Funny? Laughter, Humor and Young Womens Performance of Gender and Sexual Agency. In: Girlhood Studies 8 (2). 119–136.
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• Rosida, Ida / Ghazali, Meka Mona / Dedi, Dania / Salsabila, Fanya Shafa (2022): The Manifestation of Internalized Sexism in the Pick Me Girl Trend on TikTok. In: Alphabet 5 (1). 8–19.
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