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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Page 96
... gender , class , and race so that narrative form , like content itself , is not neutral but ideological . For example , for a character to be ... gender relations . Through characters such as this and the codes 96 Becoming a woman.
... gender , class , and race so that narrative form , like content itself , is not neutral but ideological . For example , for a character to be ... gender relations . Through characters such as this and the codes 96 Becoming a woman.
Page 126
... gender relations in the novels and those in society at large . The early 1980s saw a concern with more equitable relationships between women and men along with strong tendencies to reassert traditional patterns . In the novels , however ...
... gender relations in the novels and those in society at large . The early 1980s saw a concern with more equitable relationships between women and men along with strong tendencies to reassert traditional patterns . In the novels , however ...
Page 127
... relationship between literature and society may be that of contraction and mediation . That same version of gender relations in period 3 fiction contradicts the present reality of women's double shift and mediates conservative gender ...
... relationship between literature and society may be that of contraction and mediation . That same version of gender relations in period 3 fiction contradicts the present reality of women's double shift and mediates conservative gender ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification 43 3 | 43 |
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