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Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media

by Susan J. Douglas · 1994

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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.

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