Melanie Kennedy is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research examines media representations of gendered, age-defined, classed, raced identities (in particular tweens, young female celebrities, and teenage mothers), and the popular culture that addresses these subjects.

A fascinating, often unsettling, story of how tweens are promised fame in exchange for conformity to strict ideals of how women should look and behave.

• List of FiguresSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionWho is the Tween?1. The Reconciliation of Femininity and Feminism2. Narratives of Celebrity3.Narratives of Father–Daughter Transformation4. Growing Up Female with Miley Cyrus, Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana5. Falling in Love with the Jonas BrothersConclusion: Doing TweenhoodFilmography and TeleographyDiscographyIndex

Melanie Kennedy is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research examines media representations of gendered, age-defined, classed, raced identities (in particular tweens, young female celebrities, and teenage mothers), and the popular culture that addresses these subjects.

A fascinating, often unsettling, story of how tweens are promised fame in exchange for conformity to strict ideals of how women should look and behave.

• List of FiguresSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionWho is the Tween?1. The Reconciliation of Femininity and Feminism2. Narratives of Celebrity3.Narratives of Father–Daughter Transformation4. Growing Up Female with Miley Cyrus, Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana5. Falling in Love with the Jonas BrothersConclusion: Doing TweenhoodFilmography and TeleographyDiscographyIndex

Melanie Kennedy is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Her research examines media representations of gendered, age-defined, classed, raced identities (in particular tweens, young female celebrities, and teenage mothers), and the popular culture that addresses these subjects.

A fascinating, often unsettling, story of how tweens are promised fame in exchange for conformity to strict ideals of how women should look and behave.

• List of FiguresSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroductionWho is the Tween?1. The Reconciliation of Femininity and Feminism2. Narratives of Celebrity3.Narratives of Father–Daughter Transformation4. Growing Up Female with Miley Cyrus, Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana5. Falling in Love with the Jonas BrothersConclusion: Doing TweenhoodFilmography and TeleographyDiscographyIndex