{"id":2713,"date":"2019-04-26T15:32:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2021-10-08T12:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:27:47","slug":"prof-oppliger-unpacks-the-tweencom-girl-genre-in-latest-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/2019\/04\/26\/prof-oppliger-unpacks-the-tweencom-girl-genre-in-latest-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Patrice Oppliger unpacks the \u201ctweencom girl\u201d genre in latest book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/crc\/files\/2019\/04\/Tweencom-Girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2715\" width=\"315\" height=\"501\" \/>Patrice Oppliger\u2019s latest book,\u00a0<em>Tweencom girls: Gender and adolescence in Disney and Nickelodeon Sitcoms,<\/em>\u00a0is now available via Rowan &amp; Littlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Dissecting popular Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs, Oppliger\u2014a CRC fellow and Assistant Professor of Communication at Boston University\u2014offers a critical take on how girls in the transition between pre-teen and teenage have been represented in mainstream children\u2019s television.<\/p>\n<p>Along with extensive examples of various character portrayals over the past 25 years, Oppliger also provides practical advice to parents and educators of young women exposed to this messaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch an in-depth look at the tweencom genre is long overdue,\u201d writes Nancy Jennings (University of Cincinnati) in a review of the book. \u201cThe arguments are rich, and the examples are abundant and deep. Opplinger\u2019s read of female stereotypes and girl power stretches beyond princess culture and provides fresh constructions of key tropes and themes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Oppliger\u2019s book is accessible in libraries all over the U.S. and available for purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781498550581\/Tweencom-Girls-Gender-and-Adolescence-in-Disney-and-Nickelodeon-Sitcoms\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrice Oppliger\u2019s latest book,\u00a0Tweencom girls: Gender and adolescence in Disney and Nickelodeon Sitcoms,\u00a0is now available via Rowan &amp; Littlefield. Dissecting popular Nickelodeon and Disney Channel programs, Oppliger\u2014a CRC fellow and Assistant Professor of Communication at Boston University\u2014offers a critical take on how girls in the transition between pre-teen and teenage have been represented in mainstream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2713"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}