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Linda Duits
Researcher at Utrecht University
Publications - 19
Citations - 444
Linda Duits is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fandom & Science fiction fandom. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 19 publications receiving 433 citations. Previous affiliations of Linda Duits include University of Amsterdam.
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Headscarves and Porno-Chic: Disciplining Girls' Bodies in the European Multicultural Society
Linda Duits,Liesbet van Zoonen +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that women's sexuality and girls' bodies in particular have become the metonymic location for many a contemporary social dilemma: of the multicultural society when it concerns the scarf, of feminism and public morality when it concerned porno-chic, despite the widely different appearance of girls wearing headscarves or pornography, both groups of girls are submitted to the meta-narratives of dominant discourse.
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Coming to terms with sexualization
Linda Duits,Liesbet van Zoonen +1 more
TL;DR: Not since the feminist pornography debates of the 1980s has there been such an outburst of discussion, research and publications about sexualized images of women and girls as discussed by the authors, and the debate is now carrie...
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Girls make sense: Girls, celebrities and identities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how young girls make meaning from celebrities and argue that girls' talk about celebrities functions as an identity tool in the reflexive project of the self, and add knowledge about the reception of celebrities in Dutch multicultural society, intervenes in feminist discussions about girls and their agency.
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Dr. Phil Meets the Candidates: How Family Life and Personal Experience Produce Political Discussions
Liesbet van Zoonen,Floris Müller,Donya Alinejad,Martijn Dekker,Linda Duits,Pauline van Romondt Vis,Wendy Wittenberg +6 more
TL;DR: In 2004, the main contenders in the American presidential election, incumbent Republican president George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry, appeared with their wives in two separate episodes of the Dr. Phil show.