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