'The seven things all men love in bed': Young women's magazines and the governance of femininity

(2003) 'The seven things all men love in bed': Young women's magazines and the governance of femininity. In Mallan, K & Pearce, S (Eds.) Youth cultures : texts, images, and identities. Praeger, United States of America, Connecticut, Westport, pp. 81-91.

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Rather than passing judgment of the content of young women’s magazines, it will be argued instead that such texts actually exist as manuals of self-formation, manuals which enroll young women to do specific kinds of work on themselves. In doing so, they form an effective link between the governmental imperatives aimed at constructing particular personas – such as the sexually responsible young girl - and the actual practices whereby these imperatives are operationalised.

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ID Code: 28825
Item Type: Chapter in Book, Report or Conference volume (Chapter)
Measurements or Duration: 11 pages
Keywords: Femininity, Governance, Practices of the Self, Women's Magazines
ISBN: 978-0-275-97409-1
Pure ID: 34106637
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Past > Schools > School of Cultural & Language Studies in Education
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