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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... Princess Amy ( 3 : 1981 ) Guy Wetherington and Pete Demarest compete for the devotion of Amy Painter , a newcomer to the posh society of Mackinac Island's summer residents . Amy is introduced into this society through her aunt and uncle ...
... Princess Amy ( 3 : 1981 ) Guy Wetherington and Pete Demarest compete for the devotion of Amy Painter , a newcomer to the posh society of Mackinac Island's summer residents . Amy is introduced into this society through her aunt and uncle ...
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... Princess Amy Amy Painter declines to go along with the " you can never be too slim " ( 3 : 1982 , p . 52 ) philosophy of her aunt Marcella and cousin Candace . She also refuses to sit about like Candace and her friends when she could be ...
... Princess Amy Amy Painter declines to go along with the " you can never be too slim " ( 3 : 1982 , p . 52 ) philosophy of her aunt Marcella and cousin Candace . She also refuses to sit about like Candace and her friends when she could be ...
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... Princess Amy ( 2 : 1981 ) . The stereotype of the nurturing self - effacing black woman looks out from the text in the first two novels . In Princess Amy , Letty's disgust over demanding household members periodically surfaces through ...
... Princess Amy ( 2 : 1981 ) . The stereotype of the nurturing self - effacing black woman looks out from the text in the first two novels . In Princess Amy , Letty's disgust over demanding household members periodically surfaces through ...
Contents
The Code of Romance | 16 |
The Code of Sexuality | 30 |
The Code of Beautification | 43 |
Copyright | |
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