The Lolita effect : the media sexualization of young girls and what we can do about it / M. Gigi Durham.
Durham, Meenakshi Gigi.
2008
HQ799.2.M35 D98 2008 (Mapit)
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Title The Lolita effect : the media sexualization of young girls and what we can do about it / M. Gigi Durham.
Author Durham, Meenakshi Gigi.
ISBN 9781590200636
1590200632
Publication Details Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2008.
Language English
Description 286 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HQ799.2.M35 D98 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.230835/2
305.23082/0973
Summary In this expos of how young girls are sexualized in today's media, the author uses examples from popular TV shows, magazines, movies, and Web sites to show for the first time all the ways in which sexuality is defined in media--often in ways detrimental to girls' healthy development--as well as effective and progressive strategies for resisting the violations and repressions that render girls sexually subordinate.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: Sexy girls in the media
How long has this been going on? Girls and the myths of sex
The first myth: if you've got it, flaunt it
The secong myth: anatomy of a sex goddess
The third myth: pretty babies
The fourth myth: violence is sexy
The fifth myth: what boys like
The seducers: understanding myth and spectacle in the media
Superhighway of sex: girls, media, and sexuality around the world
Confronting spectacle: strategies for resistance.

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