Becoming a Woman Through Romance"Using approaches from feminism and cultural studies, this work explores the contradictory role that popular culture plays in the construction of gender, class, race, age, and sexual meanings. Christian-Smith dissects the conservative political themes underlying thirty-four teen romance novels, demonstrating how their flowery versions of romance and femininity actually inscribe white middle class gender ideology and class tensions."--Book desc. amazon.com. |
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... beauty . Women who devote much of their time and energy to attaining a beautiful body are castigated as vain and narcissistic . Those who refuse to primp and paint are regarded as " plain Janes , " as somehow not fulfilling their social ...
... beauty . Women who devote much of their time and energy to attaining a beautiful body are castigated as vain and narcissistic . Those who refuse to primp and paint are regarded as " plain Janes , " as somehow not fulfilling their social ...
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... beauty . That standard of beauty - blond , slim , and small - featured— is not only class - based , but stands in contrast to nonwhite ethnic looks . Beauty becomes political when it is used to support the power of one class and race to ...
... beauty . That standard of beauty - blond , slim , and small - featured— is not only class - based , but stands in contrast to nonwhite ethnic looks . Beauty becomes political when it is used to support the power of one class and race to ...
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... beauty who wins the admiration of all and the affection of that special boy . Heroines derive their models of feminine beauty from magazines . In period 1 , heroines devour movie - fan magazines in a conscious effort to copy the special ...
... beauty who wins the admiration of all and the affection of that special boy . Heroines derive their models of feminine beauty from magazines . In period 1 , heroines devour movie - fan magazines in a conscious effort to copy the special ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification 43 3 | 43 |
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