You play the girl : on Playboy bunnies, Stepford wives, train wrecks, and other mixed messages
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
ISBN
9780544648944, 0544648943
Physical Desc
xxvi, 275 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Maynard - Adult | ON ORDER | On Order |
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Acton - Adult | 305.42 C545 | On Shelf |
Arlington - Adult | 305.42 CHO | On Shelf |
Bedford - Adult | 814.6/Chocano, Carina | On Shelf |
Cambridge Boudreau - Adult | 305.4209 Chocano | On Shelf |
Cambridge Central Square - Adult | 305.4209 Chocano | Checked Out |
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780544648944, 0544648943
Notes
General Note
Essays.
General Note
"A Mariner original"--Title page.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-275).
Description
"Who is "the girl"? Look to movies, TV shows, magazines, and ads and the message is both clear and not: she is a sexed-up sidekick, a princess waiting to be saved, a morally infallible angel with no opinions of her own. She's whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. She's an abstraction, an ideal, a standard, a mercurial phantom. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends formative personal stories with insightful and emotionally powerful analysis. Moving from Bugs Bunny to Playboy Bunnies, Flashdance to Frozen, the progressive '70s through the backlash '80s, the glib '90s, and the pornified aughts--and at stops in between--she explains how growing up in the shadow of "the girl" taught her to think about herself and the world and what it means to raise a daughter in the face of these contorted reflections. In the tradition of Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, and Susan Sontag, Chocano brilliantly shows that our identities are more fluid than we think, and certainly more complex than anything we see on any kind of screen."--Page 4 of cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chocano, C. (2017). You play the girl: on Playboy bunnies, Stepford wives, train wrecks, and other mixed messages . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chocano, Carina. 2017. You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, and Other Mixed Messages. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chocano, Carina. You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, and Other Mixed Messages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chocano, Carina. You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, and Other Mixed Messages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
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