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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... Class , and Race in Romance Fiction Thus far , romance , beautification , and sexuality have been central com- ponents of femininity in romance fiction . However , these are only part of the ... Class, and Race in Romance Fiction.
... Class , and Race in Romance Fiction Thus far , romance , beautification , and sexuality have been central com- ponents of femininity in romance fiction . However , these are only part of the ... Class, and Race in Romance Fiction.
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... class and adolescent girls . Most are neither full - time paid workers nor homemakers , but are partly involved in ... race in complex ways and that women's and girls ' class positions are defined through consumption , paid work ...
... class and adolescent girls . Most are neither full - time paid workers nor homemakers , but are partly involved in ... race in complex ways and that women's and girls ' class positions are defined through consumption , paid work ...
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... Class and Race in Romance Fiction 1. There are a number of interpretations regarding the precise way in which gender , class , and race relate to one another . See Anthias and Yuval - Davis ( 1983 ) , Barrett and McIntosh ( 1985 ) ...
... Class and Race in Romance Fiction 1. There are a number of interpretations regarding the precise way in which gender , class , and race relate to one another . See Anthias and Yuval - Davis ( 1983 ) , Barrett and McIntosh ( 1985 ) ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification 43 3 | 43 |
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