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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International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)
2012-10-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-5eff856141ec498880e0f4fbd2638e2c2024-02-12T18:39:20ZengInternational Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR)Journal of Popular Romance Studies2159-44732012-10-0131120Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance NovelsAmanda K. Allen 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.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/female junior novelpatriarchymary stolzromanceadolescentteenagegirlsboyscapitalboy capitalcommoditycold warpostwarpierre bourdieuluce irigaraypromringloveyoung adult literaturepopular romance studiesfemale gazepower strugglepowerfan mail |
| spellingShingle | Amanda K. Allen Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels Journal of Popular Romance Studies female junior novel patriarchy mary stolz romance adolescent teenage girls boys capital boy capital commodity cold war postwar pierre bourdieu luce irigaray prom ring love young adult literature popular romance studies female gaze power struggle power fan mail |
| title | Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels |
| title_full | Charm the Boys, Win the Girls: Power Struggles in Mary Stolz’s Cold War Adolescent Girl Romance Novels |
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| title_sort | charm the boys win the girls power struggles in mary stolz s cold war adolescent girl romance novels |
| topic | female junior novel patriarchy mary stolz romance adolescent teenage girls boys capital boy capital commodity cold war postwar pierre bourdieu luce irigaray prom ring love young adult literature popular romance studies female gaze power struggle power fan mail |
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