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* [[Britney Spears]]<ref name=videoconcept>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britney.com/us/britstory/sometimes-music-video-premieres|title='Sometimes' Music Video Premieres |author=BRITannica|accessdate=2011-10-03|date=2011-05-06|publisher=Britney.com. [[Sony Music Entertainment]]}}</ref> in her "[[Sometimes (Britney Spears song)|Sometimes]]" video. |
* [[Britney Spears]]<ref name=videoconcept>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britney.com/us/britstory/sometimes-music-video-premieres|title='Sometimes' Music Video Premieres |author=BRITannica|accessdate=2011-10-03|date=2011-05-06|publisher=Britney.com. [[Sony Music Entertainment]]}}</ref> in her "[[Sometimes (Britney Spears song)|Sometimes]]" video. |
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The cultural and sexual stereotype of the girl next door or the All-American girl is invoked in American contexts to indicate wholesome, unassuming femininity, as opposed to the culture's other female stereotypes such as the tomboy, the valley girl, the femme fatale, girly girl, or the slut. The male equivalent is the "boy next door". Both gender examples of the "Next Door" archetype are quintessentially addressed with Thornton Wilder's Our Town in the characters of Emily Webb and George Gibbs or in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer series within the characters of Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher.
During World War II, American propaganda often invoked her as the symbol of all things American.[1] Songs on force request programs were not of Rosie the Riveter but of the girls who were waiting for soldiers.[2] Many such songs were also popular at the home front.[3] Themes of love, loneliness and separation were given more poignancy by the war.[4]
Examples
- Britney Spears[5] in her "Sometimes" video.
- Gwen Cooper, as she is introduced in Torchwood.[6]
- Emily Jones[7] (Elizabeth Banks) in Definitely, Maybe
- Kylie Minogue[8] in her "I Should Be So Lucky" video.
- Christina Aguilera in her music videos Genie in a Bottle and What a Girl Wants.
- Penny[9] (Kaley Cuoco) in The Big Bang Theory
- Taylor Swift[10] in her "You Belong With Me" music video.
- Savannah in Dear John, Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! and Sophie Hall in Letters to Juliet, both played by Amanda Seyfried
- Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) in Spider-Man
- Dorothy Gale played by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
- Luisa, played originally by Rita Gardner in The Fantasticks
- Allison Argent played by Crystal Reed in Teen Wolf
- Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in The Amazing Spider-Man
- Rachel Berry played by Lea Michele in Glee
See also
References
- ^ Meghan K. Winchell, Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun p 73 ISBN 978-0-8078-3237-0
- ^ John Costello, Virtue Under Fire p 125 ISBN 0-316-73968-5
- ^ William L. O'Neill, A Democracy At War: America's Fight At Home and Abroad in World War II, p 262 ISBN 0-02-923678-9
- ^ Robert Heide and John Gilman, Home Front America: Popular Culture of the World War II Era p 116 ISBN 0-8188-0927
- ^ BRITannica (2011-05-06). "'Sometimes' Music Video Premieres". Britney.com. Sony Music Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ Rowland, Paul (2006-02-24). "Welsh star in Doctor Who spin-off". The Western Mail. Retrieved 2006-03-22.
- ^ Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily?
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Beauty and the Geeks". New York Post. January 25, 2010.
- ^ "Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me".
Further reading
- Deborah Jermyn, "Death of the Girl Next Door": Celebrity, Femininity, and Tragedy in the Murder of Jill Dando, Feminist Media Studies, Vol. 1 No. 3 (Nov. 2001)
- Michael Levine, Feeling For Buffy — The Girl Next Door in Michael Levine and Steven Schneider, Buffy and Philosophy, Open Court Press 2003
- Frank Rich, Journal: The Girl Next Door, New York Times, Feb. 20, 1994
- Michael Walker, SHE SPITS ON THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 6, 1994
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, Women: Read my lips: Are you a girl next door or a second wife?, The Guardian, Dec. 22, 1998