La globalización de la identidad de género en las revistas para las adolescentes

  1. Plaza Sánchez, Juan F.
Journal:
Zer: Revista de estudios de comunicación = Komunikazio ikasketen aldizkaria

ISSN: 1137-1102

Year of publication: 2009

Issue: 26

Pages: 129-144

Type: Article

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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the representations of celebrities in teenage girls� magazines. Our work is based on two main researches enclosed in Spanish and Latin American publications relating to features famous people are defined by. Results obtained point out that this kind of magazines builds globalized gender identity that breaks cultural and political barriers and enhances the hegemony of occidental masculinity and feminity.