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Rhetoric of femininity : female body image, media, and gender role stress/conflict /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pompper, Donnalyn, 1960- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Series:Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric.
Subjects:
Femininity.
Femininity in popular culture.
Body image.
Sex role.
Women > Identity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Femininity matters
  • Ideal femininity according to family, tradition, and media
  • Female gender role stress/conflict: learning about/from femininity
  • Consumerist misrepresentations: rituals and industries that shape femininity
  • Women's femininity at work
  • Women at play: sports and femininity
  • Femininity as shaped by intersectionalities of social identity dimensions
  • Sexuality, masculine femininity, and feminine masculinity
  • Age, health, and femininity
  • Femininity and politics
  • Lessons and moving forward.