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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"girl culture"”.
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Girlie Girls Aren’t “Real” Athletes: A Critical Examination of Girls’ Experiences of Aesthetic Sports within a Post-Feminist Masquerade
… which the new feminine ideal and a post-feminist girl culture shape girls’ experiences. A social constructionist grounded theory approach was used and a purposive sample of eight girls, between the ages of 12-15, participated in this study. Three major themes that best reflect my interpretation of …
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Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
… of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 which included all four artists, to Murakami's group exhibition 'Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture' which opened in April 2005, …
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IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN? POSTFEMINIST FEMININITIES IN FEMALE FRIENDSHIP APPS
Friend-finding technologies for women are new media peddling an old promise: female empowerment through mediated possibilities of friendship, and software that connects them. Powered by algorithms that help structure their company, these applications (apps) turn out remarkable not for bridging …
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'We're Not Little Babies Anymore': A Cultural History of Small Girls in America, 1920-1945
<p>The appearance of high-profile girl characters in popular culture media of all types soared between the years from 1924, when Little Orphan Annie first appeared in the comic section of newspapers, to 1945, when teenage girls replaced their younger sisters in the spotlight. As such, girl culture …
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Blood money: The commodification of menstrual education in the United States
<p>girl’s first menstrual cycle is often considered the first step of the seemingly ritualistic passage into womanhood. However, most girls within the United States who experience menarche fail to view it as a rite of passage, and instead see it as an event they must <em>endure</em> rather than …
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Memories of race: Representations of mixed race people in girls' comic magazines in post-occupation Japan
… of mixed race people in postwar Japanese popular culture. During and after the U.S. Occupation of Japan (1945-1952), significant numbers of racially mixed children were born of relationships between Japanese women and American servicemen. American-Japanese mixed race children, as products of the …