Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood / by A. Winch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winch, A., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Motion pictures.

Television broadcasting.

Motion pictures--History.

Gender Studies.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Film and Television Studies.

Film and TV History.

Sociology of Culture.

Local Subjects:

Gender Studies.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Film and Television Studies.

Film and TV History.

Sociology of Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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'.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137602039

1137602031

9781349345731

1349345733

9781137312747

1137312742

OCLC:

865543202