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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823040403321

Autore

Kitch Carolyn L

Titolo

The girl on the magazine cover : the origins of visual stereotypes in American mass media / / Carolyn Kitch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-9895-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/082/0973

302.230820973

302.2320973

Soggetti

Women in mass media - History

Mass media - United States - History

Visual communication - United States - History

Advertising - United States - History

Mass media and culture - United States - History

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. From True Woman to New Woman; Chapter 2. The American Girl; Chapter 3. Dangerous Women and the Crisis of Masculinity; Chapter 4. Alternative Visions; Chapter 5. Patriotic Images; Chapter 6. The Flapper; Chapter 7. The Modern American Family; Chapter 8. The Advertising Connection; Epilogue and Discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Girl on the Magazine Cover: The Origins of  Visual Stereotypes in American Mass Media