Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents
|
Buy Now
Pictures of Girlhood - Modern Female Adolescence on Film (Paperback)
Loot Price: R701
Discovery Miles 7 010
You Save: R295
(30%)
|
|
Pictures of Girlhood - Modern Female Adolescence on Film (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Although the ""coming of age"" story has been a popular film plot
for decades, producers have only recently realized the commercial
potential of targeting films to adolescent girls. Movies like
""Clueless"", ""Legally Blonde"" and ""Mean Girls"" have been
successfully marketed to teenage girls, as have several well-known
independent films. Important as both cultural indicators and
catalysts, these films simultaneously demonstrate pop culture's
influence on girls' films, and the ability of girls' films to
affect pop culture and perceptions of girlhood. This critical
survey of film and the modern girl concentrates largely on films of
the last two decades, addressing key themes for girls within
""coming of age"" films, the changing (but not always improving)
young feminine paradigm, and the ways these films can be powerful
determinants of culture. The first chapter explores the ways in
which girls' films construct, reinforce, challenge and dismantle
mainstream conceptualizations of sexuality, race and power. The
second chapter discusses mainstream limitations of ""coming of
age"" narratives, including recycled plots and stars, treatments of
parental and male authority, and adult conceptualizations of
adolescence. The third chapter describes girls' experiences within
these narratives through such conventions as attitude, teen
fashion, music and dance, unsanctioned rites of passage, and race.
The fourth chapter covers the negotiation of sex and sexuality,
virginity and sexual empowerment.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.