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Becoming a Woman through Romance


Book Description
Using 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 ... More
Book Information
PublisherRoutledge Books
BindingPaperback (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages208
ISBN-100415901049
ISBN-13978-0415901048
Publication Date11/16/1990
The Creators
About Linda K. Christian-Smith (Author) : Linda K. Christian-Smith is a published author. Some of the published credits of Linda K. Christian-Smith include Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, Soul Searchin... more
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