Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood [[electronic resource] /] / by A. Winch
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Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood [[electronic resource] /] / by A. Winch
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.45/72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sociology |
| Culture—Study and teaching | |
| Motion pictures and television | |
| Motion pictures—History | |
| Culture | |
| Feminist theory | |
| Gender Studies | |
| Cultural and Media Studies, general | |
| Screen Studies | |
| Film History | |
| Sociology of Culture | |
| Feminism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Girlfriend Culture; 1 The Girlfriend Gaze; Normative cruelties: Mean Girls; Who cares about letting go? Heat magazine; Gynaeopticon; 'How I went from fat to fit': Erotic capital; School girls to cougars; 2 BFF Co-Brands; Misogyny: Trinny and Susannah; Health: Skinny Bitch; How to be a girl: Fearne and Holly; 'I have been the same weight since I was fourteen'; Frenemies; 3 Strategic Sisterhoods; Girlfriend reflexivity: Sex and the City; Social capital; Carrie Bradshaw as self-brand; Plastic women: Lipstick Jungle |
| I'm hiding testicles under my skirt!': The masqueradeExclusive sisterhoods: Cashmere Mafia; 'Friendship is just another word for foreplay': The L Word; Fandom and co-producing media brands; 4 Womance; The girlfriend flick; Competition: In Her Shoes and Baby Mama; Bridezillas: Bride Wars and Sex and the City 1; Intergenerational: The Devil Wears Prada and The Women; Imperfect: Bridesmaids and Your Sister's Sister; 5 Making White Lives Better?; The Mammy: The Help and Sex and the City 1; Orientalism: Sex and the City 2; White feminism: 2 Broke Girls; Deconstructing girlfriendship: Girls | |
| 6 CatfightBranded sociality: The Hills; Rivalry: Paris Hilton; Slut-shaming: Sorority Girls; Surveillance, comparison and the self-brand; 7 Class and British Reality Television; The contact zone: What Not to Wear; Loving meanness: Cook Yourself Thin; The other woman: Wife Swap; 8 The Friendship Market; Here comes the brand; Celebrity brands; Weight loss convergence; Facebook friends; Conclusion: Feminism, Friendshipand Conflict; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of media forms, Alison Winch reveals how women are increasingly encouraged to strategically bond by controlling each other's body image through 'the girlfriend gaze'. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood |
| ISBN: | 1-137-60203-1 |
| 1-349-34573-3 | |
| 1-137-31274-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790726703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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