How pop culture shapes the stages of a woman's life
Subtitle: from toddlers-in-tiaras to cougars-on-the prowl
By: Melissa Ames, Sarah Burcon
Contributors: Burcon, Sarah Himsel, 1965- author
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781137566171
Subjects: Popular culture; Influence; Women in mass media; Mass media
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: funhouse mirrors: popular culture's distorted view of girl/womanhood; title: Becoming a girl: pop culture's first stage of gender training; title: Reading between the lines: the lessons adolescent girls learn through popular young adult literature; title: The gendered self-help reel: how romantic comedies instruct women on dating dos and don'ts; title: Selling weddings and producing brides: mediated portrayals of that "perfect day"; title: Love, American style: gendered representations of marriage in the media; title: Nine months of fear & a lifetime of paranoia: the hidden effects of pregnancy manuals, child rearing products & more; title: Changing the playing (or reading) field: reconceptualizing motherhood through humorous parenting texts; title: Pumas, and cougars, and m.i.l.f.s., oh my!: popular portrayals of romance & sexual encounters between "the older woman" & younger man; title: Beyond the hot flashes: new portrayals of mature women; title: Conclusion: exiting the funhouse: challenging society's lessons one stage at a time.