Mary Celeste Kearney is a professor of film, television, and theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Girls Make Media and Gender and Rock and editor of The Gender and Media Reader as well as two volumes of Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls' Media Culture and The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice.
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List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Writing the Teenage Girl: Teen Narrative Design and the New "New Girl" Chapter 2. Redesigning the Teenage Girl: Transindustrial Adaptation and the Evolution of a Stereotype Chapter 3. Teen-Girl In/Visibility: White Design and Black Spectrality Chapter 4. A Second-Floor Room of Her Own: Production Design and Teen-Girl Space Chapter 5. Swinging Teens: Music Design and Teen-Girl Soundscapes Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A. Short Story Composites Appendix B. Metaproperties Appendix C. Theatrical Adaptations Appendix D. Films Appendix E. Radio Broadcasts Appendix F. Television Programs Appendix G. Comic Book Series Appendix H. Music in Films and Radio Series Notes Index