Where the Girls Are

Growing Up Female with the Mass Media

Recommended by Susan Bordo, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #98 in Media

Media critic Douglas deconstructs the ambiguous messages sent to American women via TV programs, popular music, advertising, and nightly news reporting over the last 40 years, and fathoms their influence on her own life and the lives of her contemporaries. Photos. less

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Susan Bordo This is about a particular generation of women growing up in postwar America, and the impact popular media had on their lives, both for good and for bad. (Source)


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