Becoming feminine : the politics of popular culture /

This book looks at popular culture, especially mass media as an area of struggle for the identity and definition of women.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Roman, Leslie G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1988.
London ; New York : Falmer, 1988.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Leslie G. Roman and Linda K. Christian-Smith
  • Femininity as discourse / Dorothy E. Smith
  • Intimate outscapes : problem-page letters and the remaking of the 1950s German family / Erica Carter
  • Romancing the girl : adolescent romance novels and the construction of femininity / Linda K. Christian-Smith
  • Illicit pleasures : feminist spectators and Personal best / Elizabeth Ellsworth
  • The curriculum of the body : lessons from a Catholic high school / Nancy Lesko
  • Intimacy, labor, and class : ideologies of feminine sexuality in the punk slam dance / Leslie G. Roman
  • Marxist theories of education and the challenge of a cultural politics of non-synchrony / Cameron McCarthy.