Bibliograph

You play the girl, on Playboy bunnies, Stepford wives, train wrecks, and other mixed messages, Carina Chocano

Type

Label

You play the girl, on Playboy bunnies, Stepford wives, train wrecks, and other mixed messages, Carina Chocano

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You play the girl

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

932050450

Responsibility statement

Carina Chocano

Sub title

on Playboy bunnies, Stepford wives, train wrecks, and other mixed messages

Summary

Who is "the girl"? Look to popular culture and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard--whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. Chocano blends formative personal stories with insightful and emotionally powerful analysis to explain how growing up in the shadow of "the girl" taught her to think about herself and the world and what it means to raise a daughter in the face of these contorted reflections

Target audience

adult

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