Becoming a Woman Through Romance

Becoming a Woman Through Romance
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Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076001098545
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Book Synopsis Becoming a Woman Through Romance by : Linda K. Christian-Smith

Download or read book Becoming a Woman Through Romance written by Linda K. Christian-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 gender ideology and class tensions.


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