American sweethearts

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Discusses the role of teenage girls in popular culture, including films, comics, and television, in the U.S. since the 1930s, examining figures such as Nancy Drew, Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Britney Spears, critiquing the oversexualization and infantilization of the image of young women.

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