How pop culture shapes the stages of a woman's life : from toddlers-in-tiaras to cougars-on-the prowl /: from toddlers-in-tiaras to cougars-on-the prowl. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Melissa Ames, Sarah Burcon.
• Authors: Ames, Melissa, 1978-; Burcon, Sarah Himsel, 1965-
• Contents: Introduction: Runhouse mirrors- popular culture's distorted view of girl/womanhood -- 1. Becoming a girl: pop culture's first stage of gender training -- 2. Reading between the lines: the lessons adolescent girls learn through popular young adult literature -- 3. The gendered self-help reel: how romantic comedies instruct women on dating dos and don'ts -- 4. Selling weddings and producing brides: mediated portrayals of that 'perfect day' -- 5. Love, American style: gendered representations of marriage in the media -- 6. Nine months of fear and a lifetime of paranoia: the hidden effects of pregnancy manuals, child rearing products, and more -- 7. Changing the playing (or reading) field: reconceptualizing motherhood through humorous parenting texts -- 8. Pumas, and cougars, and MILFs, oh my!: popular portrayals of romance and sexual encounters between 'the older woman' and younger man -- 9. Beyond the hot flashes: new portrayals of mature women -- Conclusion: Exiting the funhouse- challenging society's lessons one stage at a time.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages)
• Subjects: 302.23082; Women in mass media; Mass media -- Influence; Popular culture -- United States; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; Mass media -- Influence; Popular culture; Women in mass media; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science -- General; Family & Relationships -- Aging; Education -- General; Gender studies, gender groups; Feminism & feminist theory; Cultural studies; Age groups: the elderly; Advice on parenting; Social media; Sociology; Feminist theory; Aging_xResearch; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137566188; 1137566183
• Related ISBNs: 9781137566171; 1137566175
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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