| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Who remembers Sabrina? Intelligence, gender, and the media / Sherrie A. Inness -- 1. Beauty and the geek : changing gender stereotypes on the Gilmore girls / Karin E. Westman -- 2. Lab coats and lipstick : smart women reshape science on television / Lorna Jowett -- 3. "You can see things that other people can't" : changing images of the girl with glasses, from Gidget to Daria / Cindy Conaway -- 4. "Pretty smart" : subversive intelligence in girl power cartoons / Rebecca C. Hains -- 5. Super slacker girls: dropping out but divinely inspired / Michele Paule -- 6. Back to the future : the brilliant witches in Bewitched / Linda Baughman, Allison Burr-Miller, and Linda Manning -- 7. Dangerous minds : the woman professor on television / Leigh H. Edwards -- 8. Raising the bar : brilliant women lawyers from Ann Kelsey to Miranda Hobbes / Sharon Sutherland and Sarah Swan -- 9. Savvy women, old boys' school politics, and The west wing / Beth Berila -- 10. Heckling Hillary : jokes, late-night television, and Hillary Rodham Clinton / Jeannie Banks Thomas -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Subject |
Women in popular culture -- United States.
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Gifted women.
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Women in mass media.
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Mass media -- United States.
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Intellect -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Inness, Sherrie A.
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| ISBN |
9781403979032 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1403979030 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1403979022 (alk. paper) |
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9781403979025 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2538420 |
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YDXCP 2540970 |
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AU@ 000040969618 |
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NZ1 11056808 |
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