Monday, October 27, 2008

Chapter 23 & 24

Chapter 23

Overview:
In this chapter, Milton R. Sapirstein talks about how a woman defines herself by the way she decorates her house.  However way she decorates her house describes her personality.

Keywords:
Biedermaier
protuberances
masculine identification
reaction formation
Sassure
Freud

Chapter 24

Overview:
This chapter talks about the myth behind Miss America and how she has been idolized by little girls for so many years, but now little girls are starting to idolize more sexual stars like Britney Spears or Madonna.  Our society's morals are changing and little girls are picking up on it.

Keywords:
cultural behavior
symbolic heroes
paradigmatic figures
desexualization

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