Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass MediaMedia critic Douglas deconstructs the ambiguous messages sent to American women via TV programs, popular music, advertising, and nightly news reporting over the last 40 years, and fathoms their influence on her own life and the lives of her contemporaries. Photos. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Fractured Fairy Tales | 21 |
Mama Said | 43 |
Sex and the Single Teenager | 61 |
Why the Shirelles Mattered | 83 |
Shes Got the Devil in Her Heart | 99 |
Genies and Witches | 123 |
Throwing Out Our Bras | 139 |
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