| Description |
358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
From Seventeenth summer to Miss Teen Sweet Valley : female and male sex roles in teen romances, 1942-91 / Joyce L. Litton -- Exorcising the devil babies : images of children and adolescents in the best-selling horror novel / Gary Hoppenstand -- Bring the noise (gently?) : the role of rap music in an adolescent audience / Larry Juchartz -- The shifing imagery of childhood amidst Japan's consumer affluence : the birth of the "5 pocket child"/ Millie R. Creighton -- Boys-r-us board games and the socialization of young adolescent girls / Jennifer Scanlon -- Unfortunate reality : fictional portrayals of children and violence / Michael A. Grimm -- Battered dolls / Allyson Booth -- Towards empowerment : reflections on children's literature / Monica Hughes -- Growing up in the Phoenix Award books / Alethea K. Helbig -- Winslow Homer's lost boys / Joseph Stanton -- Targeting baby-boom children as consumers : Mattel uses television to sell talking dolls / Kathy Merlock Jackson -- Little women in the 21st century / Christy Rishoi Minadeo -- Bad boys/Black misfits : Ruth McEnery Stuart's humor and "The Negro question" / Judy E. Sneller -- Creating a legacy : Black women writing for children / Kathleen L. Ward -- A special female voice : the heroine in series books for girls / Mary Welek Atwell -- The reproduction of gendering : imaging kids in ads for adults / Barbara Gottfried -- Creating gender expectations through children's advertising / Nancie Kahan and Nanette Norris -- The Eva and Topsy dichotomy in advertising / Robert M. MacGregor -- "What are you going to make out of this boy?" : the role of poetry in the "management" of boys, 1875-1900 / Stanley S. Blair -- Children on board : images from candy lands / Sally Sugarman -- The child in American advertising, 1890-1960 : reflections of a changing society / Eileen Margerum. |
| Subject |
Mass media and children.
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Children in popular culture.
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Children in literature.
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Youth in literature.
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Children in advertising.
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Toys -- Social aspects.
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Popular culture.
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| Added Author |
Eiss, Harry Edwin.
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| ISBN |
0879726539 |
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0879726547 |
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