An Ethnographic Study of Preteen Girls' Play with Popular Music on a School Playground in the UK

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This article focuses on the singing activities of girls aged five to seven as enacted on a school playground in London, UK. The article examines girls' play with pop songs, analysing the girls as actors and interpreters within a complex set of surrounding discursive practices (from the school, peers and media). Empirical data from an ethnographic study of a multilingual, multiethnic playground are analysed and include observations, videos and interviews. The analysis draws on a range of research from various disciplines to examine four themes: social performances, learning, recontextualisation and preteen girlhood. The article analyses the structures which are enacted during the girls' performances and the “interpretive reproduction” (Corsaro, 1997) which occurs during the process of this type of play.View full textDownload full textKeywordsethnography, girlhood, interpretive reproduction, play, playgrounds, popular music, singingRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2011.587146