Becoming a Woman Through RomanceUsing 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. |
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... ( P.S. I Love You , 1981 , p . 60 ) It's just when you're reading you're in some other world , well , not really , physically , I mean but you imagine you are . Sometimes I feel like I am the person going on dates , having loads of fun ...
... ( P.S. I Love You , 1981 , p . 60 ) It's just when you're reading you're in some other world , well , not really , physically , I mean but you imagine you are . Sometimes I feel like I am the person going on dates , having loads of fun ...
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... P.S. I Love You , Barbara Conklin ( Bantam's Sweet Dreams ) 5. My First Love and Other Disasters , Francine Pascal ( Viking ) 6. A Passing Game , Tobey Tyler ( Silhouette's First Love ) 7. California Girl , Janet Quin Harkin ...
... P.S. I Love You , Barbara Conklin ( Bantam's Sweet Dreams ) 5. My First Love and Other Disasters , Francine Pascal ( Viking ) 6. A Passing Game , Tobey Tyler ( Silhouette's First Love ) 7. California Girl , Janet Quin Harkin ...
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... Love and Other Disasters , 1979 ) are popular . Period 3 also has its share of popular boys represented by Skip Svoboda ( Cute is a Four- Letter Word , 1980 ) , Paul Slade ( P. S. I Love You , 1981 ) , and Paul Leonard ( I'll Always ...
... Love and Other Disasters , 1979 ) are popular . Period 3 also has its share of popular boys represented by Skip Svoboda ( Cute is a Four- Letter Word , 1980 ) , Paul Slade ( P. S. I Love You , 1981 ) , and Paul Leonard ( I'll Always ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification | 43 |
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