Where the girls are : growing up female with the mass media / Susan J. Douglas
By: Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne).
Publisher: New York : Times Books, ©1994Edition: First paperback edition.Description: 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780812925302.Subject(s): Mass media and women -- United States | Popular culture -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | P94.5.W652 U634 1995 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007687 |
Originally published in a slightly different form: New York : Times Books, ©1994
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-333) and index
Fractured fairy tales -- Mama said -- Sex and the single teenager -- Why the Shirelles mattered -- She's got the devil in her heart -- Genies and witches -- Throwing out our bras -- I am woman, hear me roar -- The rise of the bionic bimbo -- The ERA as catfight -- Narcissism as liberation -- I'm not a feminist, but--
A scholar and media critic takes a provocative look at the portrayal of women in American popular culture from the 1950s to the present day and assesses the impact of such images on women's real lives