Rhetoric of femininity : female body image, media, and gender role stress/conflict /
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| Author / Creator: | Pompper, Donnalyn, 1960- author. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017] ©2017 |
| Description: | xviii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric Lexington studies in contemporary rhetoric. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11311132 |
| Summary: | Rhetoric of Femininity: Female Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict offers critical and social identity intersectionalities approach to interpretations of femininity among three generations of women for a rhetorical examination of how femininity is made to mean by media and popular culture. Amplified are voices of women across multiple age, ethnic, and sexual orientation groups who shared in focus groups and interviews their perceptions of femininity and feminine ideals. Femininity is explored using theories from communication and mass media, psychology, sociology, and feminist and gender studies. Donnalyn Pompper explores femininities as shaped by cultural rituals and industries, at home and at work in organizations, on sporting fields and arenas, and in politics. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498519359 1498519350 |
