Spectacular Girls

Spectacular Girls
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780814724811
ISBN-13 : 0814724817
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Book Synopsis Spectacular Girls by : Sarah Projansky

Download or read book Spectacular Girls written by Sarah Projansky and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As an omnipresent figure of the media landscape, girls are spectacles. They are ubiquitous visual objects on display at which we are incessantly invited to look. Investigating our cultural obsession with both everyday and high-profile celebrity girls, Sarah Projanskyuses a queer, anti-racist feminist approach to explore the diversity of girlhoods in contemporary popular culture. The book addresses two key themes: simultaneous adoration and disdain for girls and the pervasiveness of whiteness and heteronormativity. While acknowledging this context, Projansky pushes past the dichotomy of the "can-do" girl who has the world at her feet and ..."--Publisher description.


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