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Index

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Abby Cadabby, 39, 40–41, 43, 51

advertising, 17, 91, 98, 176–77, 183, 202
n
–3
n

restrictions on, 182, 221
n

Advertising Educational Foundation, 37–38

African-American females, 179–81, 205
n,
220
n

aging, 138–39, 148

Aguilera, Christina, 120

American Girl collection, 26–32, 140, 144

American Girl Place, 8, 27, 29, 31–32

American Psychological Association, 6, 195
n

Andersen, Hans Christian, 107–8, 190

Anglund, Joan Walsh, 165

Ariel, 14, 20, 107, 124, 162, 191

Arizona State University, 66, 67

“Aschenputtel” (Brothers Grimm), 103–5, 111

Austin, Erica Weintraub, 187

Ava (five-year-old classmate), 133–35, 136–37, 143, 151

avatars, 159, 160, 161, 162, 167

baby dolls, 45, 52

“ . . . Baby One More Time,” 121

Barbie, 7, 15, 28, 39, 42, 44, 45–48, 49, 50, 63, 84, 88, 97

Barbie.com, 161, 162

Barney and Friends,
128

Batgirl, 145

BBC, 75, 94

Beanie Babies, 86

beauty pageants, 8, 73–82, 89–94, 125

gowns and outfits of, 74, 75, 77, 82, 89

hair and makeup in, 73, 74, 75, 77, 91

beauty pageants
(cont.)

media coverage of, 75–76, 81, 89, 94

prizes of, 74, 75, 76, 91, 92, 93

parents of contestants, 74–76, 78–82, 85, 90–91

beauty products, 34, 73, 74, 75, 77, 91, 155, 156

for preschoolers and “pre-tween” girls, 7, 38, 42, 52, 82, 83–84, 85, 91

for “tween” girls, 29, 37, 91, 156

Bella Swan (char.), 109–12

Belle, 14, 124, 162

Bem, Jeremy, 60, 203
n

Bem, Sandra, 203
n

Berkeley, Calif., 4, 21, 147

Bettelheim, Bruno, 100, 102, 105, 106, 108, 109, 145

Beyoncé, 86

Bible, 135

Bikini Kill, 153

biological determinism, 52, 56–61, 62–64, 69, 70

board games, 7, 34, 49–50, 152

body image issues, 2, 6, 8, 88, 133–43, 158, 175, 186, 196
n

African-American women and, 220
n

self-loathing and, 6, 18, 134, 137, 141–42, 216
n

Body Project, The
(Brumberg), 140

Bonne Bell, 37, 84, 176

Botox, 138, 139

boyhood culture, 16, 19–22, 35–36, 38, 43, 57, 62, 97

gender segmentation of toys and, 21–22, 38, 43, 45, 50, 51, 97, 98–99

Internet use in, 160–61, 174, 175

nature vs. nurture in, 53–54, 55–61, 62–65, 69–71, 98, 145

playtime patterns in, 67–69, 98, 99, 145, 157–58

segregation of girl culture from, 51–53, 65, 66, 67–72, 156–58

brain development, 59, 60–61, 64–65

Bratz, 48–49, 50, 51, 84, 86, 91, 153, 155, 161

Brave,
188–89

Brown, Lyn Mikel, 151–52, 187

Brumberg, Joan Jacob, 140

Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
112

Burmeister, Jamara, 89–90, 92–93

Burmeister, Jason, 89, 92

Burmeister, Tammi, 89–90, 93

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 25

California, University of (Berkeley), 84–85

Catmull, Ed, 189

Chapman, Brenda, 189

Cheetah Girls, The,
117

Cherney, Isabelle, 21

childhood consumerism and marketing, 24, 30–43, 49, 79, 98–99, 136–39, 153–56, 187

of beauty products, 7, 29, 34, 37, 38, 42, 52, 82, 83–84, 85, 155, 156

of fashion and clothing, 36, 38, 82, 86, 117, 119, 139, 143, 152

of fictional female characters and role models, 15, 36, 39–43, 46, 50, 117, 118

gender segmentation and color coding in, 7, 35–36, 38–39, 43, 51–52, 53, 58, 63, 70, 72, 98–99

gender stereotyping in, 91, 155, 202
n
–3
n

Kids Getting Older Younger in, 47, 48, 84–85, 91, 139, 183

materialism and narcissistic values emphasized in, 16, 30, 32, 34, 42, 46, 48, 49–50, 83, 88, 104, 155, 156, 161–62

online, 176–77

pink-and-pretty trend in, 33–35, 36, 38–43, 51, 52, 125, 155

in princess culture, 13–16, 23, 24–25, 26, 32, 36, 41, 61–62, 116, 189–90

protecting girls from influence of, 182–85, 192

restrictions on, 182, 221
n

of “sexiness” and “cool,” 47, 48–49, 50, 52, 84, 85–88, 91, 183

television commercials and, 98

of toys and merchandising, 3, 7, 15, 16, 26–32, 33–35, 39–43, 45–52, 70, 85–88, 91, 98–99, 155, 180, 185, 190

of young female celebrities, 26, 114, 115–31

Children’s Digital Media Center, 165

children’s literature, 23, 28–30, 100–112, 140, 211
n

female protagonists in, 12, 20–21, 101, 102, 104–5, 108–12, 149–50, 185, 190–92

rescue-fantasy and landing-a-prince theme in, 12, 20, 23, 101, 102, 103, 107, 110, 111

Twilight
series in, 109–12, 211
n

see also
fairy tales

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 162, 174

child stars, 25–26, 113–31, 221
n

squeaky-to-skanky transformations in, 113–15, 120–24, 126–28, 129, 130

Cinderella, 3, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20–21, 23, 24, 36, 44, 48, 58, 61–62, 89, 102, 111, 114, 115, 116, 123, 124, 152, 162, 182, 185

Brothers Grimm version of, 103–5, 183

Cinderella,
13, 190

Cinderella Complex, The
(Dowling), 111

Clarissa Explains It All,
116, 118–19, 120

Clinton, Hillary, 147–48, 149, 217
n

Club Libby Lu, 83–84

Cook, Daniel, 36

Cookie Monster, 40, 43

cosmetic surgery, 138–40

Couric, Katie, 149

Cross, Gary, 24

cross-sex play, 50, 66, 67–70, 72, 158, 205
n
–6
n

Curtis, Jaime Lee, 215
n
–16
n

cyberbullying, 168–70, 172–73, 174, 175, 177, 219
n
–20
n

Cyrus, Billy Ray, 114–15, 118, 127, 184

Cyrus, Miley, 8, 117–19, 121, 129, 130, 138, 153, 155

concert tours of, 118, 124, 125–26, 128, 130–31

sexualization of, 113–15, 126–28, 221
n

Damned if You Do, Doomed if You Don’t
(Catalyst), 146

Dangerous Book for Boys, The
(Iggulden and Iggulden), 155

Daring Book for Girls, The
(Buchanan and Peskowitz), 155, 156–57

DeCesare, Danielle, 175–76

DeCesare, Hilary, 174, 175–78

depression, 6, 16, 18, 76, 172

dieting, 8, 135, 143, 186

Diller, Vivian, 138–39

Disney, 8, 13, 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 32, 36, 41, 51, 87–88, 102, 103, 107, 111, 144, 185–86

child stars launched and marketed by, 113–15, 116–19, 120, 124–25, 128–30

first African-American Princess of, 15, 179–82, 189–90

Disney, Roy, 13

Disney, Walt, 116, 120

Disney Channel, 7, 114, 116, 117, 128

Disneyland, 41

Disney Princesses, 3, 7, 8, 19, 20, 23, 31, 32, 33, 48, 49, 61, 62, 85, 111, 114, 115, 124, 135, 138, 142, 143–44, 153, 155, 187

marketing of, 13–15, 16, 23, 24, 26, 36, 104, 116, 125, 182, 189–90

Web site for, 162

Dora the Explorer, 7, 15, 42–43, 51, 161–62

Duff, Hilary, 115, 116–17, 118, 120, 129

eating disorders, 6, 76, 137, 141

education reform, 70–71, 85

Elenita
(Campbell and Juan), 149–50

Eliot, Lise, 59, 60–61, 62–63, 64, 65, 69, 71

Eschberger, Tallon, 80–82

Eschberger, Taralyn, 73–75, 78, 79–81, 84, 89, 92, 93–94

Eschberger, Todd, 80, 82, 93, 94

Eschberger, Traci, 74–75, 79–82, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93

Everloop, 174–78

Fabes, Richard, 66, 67–68, 69, 71–72, 158, 215
n

Facebook, 24, 163, 164–65, 166, 168, 169, 171, 174, 182

Face It
(Diller and Muir-Sukenick), 138–39

fairy tales, 8, 12, 13, 14, 20–21, 23, 25, 101, 108–9, 115, 139, 145, 149, 181, 185, 190, 211
n

by Brothers Grimm, 100, 101–7, 108–9, 183, 190–92

emotional development aided by, 100, 102, 104

rescue-fantasy and landing-a-prince theme in, 12, 20, 23, 101, 102, 103, 107, 144, 182

violent and gruesome imagery in, 100, 102–3, 105, 106–9, 191–92

Fairytopia Barbie, 88

fashion, 82, 86, 91, 117, 119, 123, 125, 139, 143, 152

female heroines and role models, 14, 36, 180–82, 187–91

in fairy tales, 12, 14, 20–21, 101, 102, 104–5, 107, 108–9, 185, 190–92

independent and nontraditional examples of, 30, 42, 46, 50, 101, 108–9, 112, 128, 144–45, 148, 149–50, 153, 185–86

marketing and merchandising of, 15, 36, 39–43, 46, 117, 118

rescue-fantasy and landing-a-prince theme in fiction of, 12, 20, 23, 101, 102, 103, 107, 144, 180, 182

sexualization of, 113–15, 120–24, 125, 126–28, 129–31, 144–45, 149, 221
n

in TV shows for tweens, 116–20, 128–29, 130

in
Twilight
series, 109–12

femininity, female identity, 7, 8, 9, 19, 22, 57, 58, 61, 62, 72, 87, 96, 138–39, 155, 156–58

culture’s emphasis on beauty in, 5, 6, 9, 16, 18, 19–20, 22, 23, 34, 50, 94, 101, 119, 134, 135, 137–39, 140–41, 142–44, 145, 148–49, 152, 158, 183

digital media in shaping of, 159, 160, 162, 163, 165–68, 173, 177

exposure to stereotypes in shaping of, 16–17, 63–64, 91, 150, 198
n,
202
n
–3
n

fashion and, 17, 18, 148, 152

“Girl Power” movement in, 7, 153–55

materialistic values and, 32, 46, 49–50, 77

persisting tensions around power and, 146–49, 150–52

pink-and-pretty trend in defining of, 7, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 61, 67, 125

pleasing behavior as cultural trait of, 16, 17, 18, 112

and pressure to be “perfect,” 17–18, 94, 111, 140

sexiness equated with, 112, 125, 130, 134, 167, 183

“tomboys” and, 66–67

two cultural models of, 151–52

see also
girlhood culture

feminism, 4, 19, 22, 46, 51, 56–58, 82, 101, 154–58, 185

princess tales inspired by, 101, 149

Fisher-Price, 51, 53

“Fitcher’s Bird” (Brothers Grimm), 108

Formspring, 168

Free to Be You and Me,
150

Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, A
(Anglund), 165

Funicello, Annette, 120

“Furrypelts” (Brothers Grimm), 108

Garland, Judy, 120

gender development and identity, 55–72, 203
n,
205
n,
206
n

brain development and, 59, 60–61, 64–65, 69, 70

nature vs. nurture in, 53–54, 55–61, 62–65, 69–71, 98, 145

playtime patterns in, 67–69, 98, 145, 157–58

segregation of sexes and, 65–72, 157–58

toy preferences and, 57, 62–64, 68

see also
femininity, female identity

gender segmentation, 52, 72

color coding and, 7, 35–36, 38–39, 43, 50, 51, 63