The girl on the magazine cover : the origins of visual stereotypes in American mass media

The girl on the magazine cover : the origins of visual stereotypes in American mass media / Carolyn Kitch.

Publisher description: From the Gibson Girl to the flapper, from the vamp to the New Woman, Carolyn Kitch traces mass media images of women to their historical roots on magazine covers, unveiling the origins of gender stereotypes in early-twentieth-century American culture. Kitch examines the years...

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Main Author: Kitch, Carolyn L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Women in mass media > History.
Mass media > United States > History.
Visual communication > United States > History.
Advertising > United States > History.
Mass media and culture > United States > History.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States > History.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • From true woman to new woman
  • The American girl
  • Dangerous women and the crisis of masculinity
  • Alternative visions
  • Patriotic images
  • The flapper
  • The modern American family
  • The advertising connection.

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