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Abstract
This study examines the influence of adolescent fiction on the identity constructions of 84 adult women. Based on their reading autobiographies, the study argues that childhood reading did more than gratify needs for entertainment; it provided women with alternative targets for identification when they experienced division within their environment. By looking for strong, smart, sassy, independent heroines the women were seeking agency and practicing resistance as they negotiated their positions within their families and the larger culture.
