{"product_id":"you-play-the-girl-by-carina-chocano","title":"You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a kid in the 1970s and '80s, Carina Chocano dutifully absorbed all the conflicting information the culture had to offer on how to be a woman. Grappling with sexed-up sidekicks, princesses waiting to be saved, and morally infallible angels who seemed to have no opinions of their own, she learned that \"the girl\" is not a person, but a man's idea of what a woman should be. It wasn't until she spent five years as a movie critic, and was laid off when her daughter was born, however, that Chocano really came to understand how the stories the culture tells us about what it means to be a girl limit our lives and shape our destinies. She resolved to rewrite her own story.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cem\u003eIn You Play the Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, Chocano blends formative personal stories with insightful and emotionally powerful analysis. Moving from Bugs Bunny to Playboy Bunnies, \u003cem\u003eFlashdance \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eFrozen\u003c\/em\u003e, the progressive '70s through the backlash '80s, the glib '90s, and the pornified aughts -- and at stops in between -- she explains how growing up in the shadow of \"the girl\" taught her to think about herself and the world and what it means to raise a daughter in the face of these contorted reflections. In the tradition of Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, and Susan Sontag, Chocano brilliantly shows that our identities are more fluid than we think and certainly more complex than anything we see on any kind of screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eNonfiction - Feminism - Essays - Womens - Pop Culture - Sociology - Gender - Memoir - Gender Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chocano, Carina","offers":[{"title":"Standard Paperback:","offer_id":44503526277206,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_2e02ca94-fd6e-47da-9e00-25290662fc34.jpg?v=1776482389","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/you-play-the-girl-by-carina-chocano","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}