American Sweethearts: Teenage Girls in Twentieth-Century Popular Culture
Item Number
PS374.G55N37
Author/Artist/Editor
Ilana Nash
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2006
Press/Publisher
Indiana University Press
Language
English
Description
Discusses the role of teenage girls in popular culture, including films, comics, and television, in the U.S. since the 1930s, examining figures such as Nancy Drew, Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Britney Spears, critiquing the oversexualization and infantilization of the image of young women.
Important Notes
Black and white illustrations.
Keywords
Teenagers
ISSN/ISBN
0-253-21802-0
Availability
Available
OCLC
58985765