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Deadly Persuasion Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising

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ISBN-10: 0684865998

ISBN-13: 9780684865997

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jean Kilbourne

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 11/15/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., (right) is a professor of education at Wheelock College in Boston, where she has been involved in training early childhood professionals for more than twenty-five years. An internationally recognized expert who helps professionals and parents deal with the effects of violence, media, and commercial culture on children, Levin is a senior adviser to the PBS parents’ website for girls, the co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and the author or co-author of seven other books, including Remote Control Childhood? and The War Play Dilemma. She is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter and has been a guest on many radio and television…    

Foreword
Introduction: "A Girl of Many Parts": The Making of an Activist
"Buy this 24-Year-Old and Get All His Friends Absolutely Free": We Are the Product
"In Your Face ... All Over the Place!": Advertising Is Our Environment
"Bath Tissue Is Like Marriage": The Corruption of Relationships
"Can an Engine Pump the Valves in Your Heart?": Crazy for Cars
"Please, Please, You're Driving Me Wild": Falling in Love with Food
"The More You Subtract, the More You Add": Cutting Girls Down to Size
"Forget the Rules! Enjoy the Wine": Alcohol and Rebellion
"What You're Looking For": Rage and Rebellion in Cigarette Advertising
"The Dream Begins as Soon as You Open the Door": Advertising an Addictive Mind-Set
"In Life There Are Many Loves, But Only One Grande Passion": Addiction as a Relationship
"You Talkin' to Me?": Advertising and Disconnection
"Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence
"Relax, and Enjoy the Revolution": Redefining Rebellion
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index