Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels
This article examines Mary Stolz’s Cold War adolescent girl romance novels—which I call “female junior novels”—to suggest that the dominant tropes that form the popular romance motifs within these texts (i. girls’ conformity, ii. girls’ use of “boy capital,” iii. girls’ collective establishment of a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Popular Romance Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jprstudies.org/2012/10/charm-the-boys-win-the-girls-power-struggles-in-mary-stolzs-cold-war-adolescent-girl-romance-novels-by-amanda-k-allen/ |
| Summary: | This article examines Mary Stolz’s Cold War adolescent girl romance novels—which I call “female junior novels”—to suggest that the dominant tropes that form the popular romance motifs within these texts (i. girls’ conformity, ii. girls’ use of “boy capital,” iii. girls’ collective establishment of a female dominant society, and iv. the recognition of the prom queen as the object of her own desire) create and then mask complex female power struggles within a highly regulated adolescent social hierarchy. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-4473 |