Reviving Ophelia

Reviving Ophelia

Author	Mary Pipher
Subject	Adolescence
Published	1994
ISBN
OCLC	670317168

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls is a 1994 book written by Dr. Mary Pipher. This book takes a look at the effects of societal pressures on American adolescent girls, and utilizes many case studies from the author's experience as a therapist. The book has been described as a "call to arms" and highlights the increased levels of sexism and violence that affect young females. Pipher asserts that whilst the feminist movement has aided adult women to become empowered, teenagers have been neglected and require intensive support due to their undeveloped maturity.

A television film of the same name, featuring Nick Thurston and Rebecca Williams, aired on the Lifetime network.

Reviving Ophelia is divided into sections according to theme and the summary on this page is organized similarly (the numerals in parentheses following the girls' names represent the age of the individuals).

This section introduces Pipher's theory that a great, and often negative, change influences girls during adolescence.

This section analyzes the role of families in the development of adolescent girls.

This section focuses specifically on mother-daughter relationships during adolescence.

This section focuses on relationships between fathers and their adolescent daughters.

The section of the book focuses on the effect that the parents' divorce can have on their adolescent daughters.

This section analyzes the onset of depression during the adolescence of girls.

This section focuses on cases where, in their depression, adolescent girls turned to self-mutilation.

This section focuses on eating disorders and the issues they arise from. Also, the expectation of beauty for American women is examined.

This section focuses on the culture of substance use and its effect of adolescent girls.

This section focuses on the effect of sex and gender roles on the lives of adolescent girls.

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