Enduring Values: Women in Popular Culture

Table of contents

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• Media and Society Series ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction xi
• 1 - Trapped by Love 1
• Notes 8
• 2 - Covert and Overt Resisters: Women Writers as Challengers 9
• Notes 22
• 3 - Filmic Images of Women 25
• Notes 42
• 4 - Women Movie Stars as Role Models 45
• Notes 58
• 5 - Bawdy Women Entertainers: from Burlesque to Pop Concert Halls 61
• Notes 73
• 6 - Women Comics: from Music Halls to Television 75

• Media and Society Series ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Introduction xi
• 1 - Trapped by Love 1
• Notes 8
• 2 - Covert and Overt Resisters: Women Writers as Challengers 9
• Notes 22
• 3 - Filmic Images of Women 25
• Notes 42
• 4 - Women Movie Stars as Role Models 45
• Notes 58
• 5 - Bawdy Women Entertainers: from Burlesque to Pop Concert Halls 61
• Notes 73
• 6 - Women Comics: from Music Halls to Television 75
• Notes 91
• 7 - Adventurers: an Atypical Form 95
• 8 - Where You Lead, I Will Follow: Women in Pop Music 103
• Notes 114
• 9 - Women in Sports 117
• Notes 130
• 10 - Women Stars of the 1980s 133
• Notes 145
• Selected Bibliography 147
• Index 153
• About the Author 159