DEFINING WOMEN: TELEVISION AND THE CASE OF CAGNEY AND LACEY. By Julie D'Acci. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994; pp. xii + 344. $45.00; paper $16.95.
TELEVISION CULTURE AND WOMEN'S LIVES: THIRTYSOMETHING AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF GENDER. By Margaret Heide. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995; pp. x + 173. $28.95; paper $12.95.
THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: PRIVATE STORIES, PUBLIC EVENTS. By Elayne Rapping. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992; pp. xliii + 162. $39.95; paper $14.95.
WHERE THE GIRLS ARE: GROWING UP FEMALE WITH THE MASS MEDIA. By Susan Douglas. New York: Times Books, 1994, pp. 340. $23.00; paper $ 15.00.