Chapter 7
Girl Heroes and Identity: The Limited Typology of Girl Power
Girl hero cartoons claimed to offer girls positive role models and were received as such by some critics and parents. Given their one-dimensionality, could they live up to the hype? Chapter Seven explores how young girls understood the identity possibilities presented by the girl heroes, within the girls' broader viewing contexts--in which long-standing stereotypes prevailed.
Girls' Drawings from Chapter 7
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Related Reading
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- Pollitt, Katha. (1991). The Smurfette principle. The New York Times Magazine.
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