Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Cinemas of Girlhood

Book Overview

From the Wizard of Oz to Lolita, from the Heathers to the Spice Girls, images of girlhood have been projected on the silver screen in myriad ways. Whether a girl is taught that "there is no place like home" or is seeking adventure on her own terms, whether she is a seductress or a nerd, a babysitter or a murderer, films have depicted society's problematic expectations of girls together with the dreams, anxieties, and tensions experience by girls...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814329187
• ISBN13: 9780814329184
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.6"