| Description |
ix, 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Thank heaven for little girls -- 2. The working class and the popular -- 3. Towards a psychology of survival -- 4. A question of method -- 5. Little girls as heroines and stars -- 6. Girls watching films at home -- 7. Putting your daughter on the stge -- 8. Advertising girls |
| Summary |
Walkerdine looks critically at little girls as both the objects and consumers of popular culture, confronting the way in which they are simultaneously portrayed as innocent and erotic. Her examples range from Little Orphan Annie to Popskool |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Girls in popular culture.
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Girls -- Social aspects.
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Women in popular culture.
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| LC no. |
96046217 |
| ISBN |
0333647793 |
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0333647807 (paperback) |
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