Girls, Moral Panic and News Media: Troublesome Bodies

by Sharon R Mazzarella and Sharon R. Mazzarella

Book Overview

Mazzarella examines the representational politics behind journalistic constructions of US girls and girlhood through a series of contemporary in-depth case studies which work to document a wider cultural moral panic about the troublesome nature of girls' bodies.

The public concern and media fascination with youth so evident in the United States today is a century-old phenomenon. From the flappers of the 1920s to the bobbysoxers of the 1950s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367198274
• ISBN13: 9780367198275
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"