The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
Advertising has had a major effect on how we view our bodies and on our individual self-image. The history of how this advertising has come to affect American girls as they pass through menarche and adolescence is presented in a book called âThe Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls.â This book describes the historical roots of acute societal and psychological pressures that girls feel today. It shows how the female adolescent experience has changed since 1895. The author, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, is a Professor of History and Womenâs Studies at Cornell University in New York. In this two-part program, I spoke Professor Brumberg in October of 1997 and asked her what drew her to write âThe Body Project.â
Joan Jacobs Brumberg recommends âLearning to Bow,â by Bruce Feiler & âThe Grass Link,â by May Vinchi.
Originally Broadcast: October 14, 1997 & October 21, 1997
Barry Vogel, Esq. is the host and producer. Ignacio Ayala is the assistant producer.
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Joan Jacobs Brumberg â An Intimate History of American Girls Part 2
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