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Reading Lena Dunham´s Girls: Feminism, postfeminism, authenticity and gendered performance in contemporary television
Meredith Nash (Ed.)
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Description for Reading Lena Dunham´s Girls: Feminism, postfeminism, authenticity and gendered performance in contemporary television
Hardback. Editor(s): Nash, Meredith; Whelehan, Imelda. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
In this book, leading and emerging scholars consider the mixed critical responses to Lena Dunham's TV series Girls and reflect on its significance to contemporary debates about postfeminist popular cultures in a post-recession context. The series features both familiar and innovative depictions of young women and men in contemporary America that invite comparisons with Sex and the City. It aims for a refreshed, authentic expression of postfeminist femininity that eschews the glamour and aspirational fantasies spawned by its predecessor. This volume reviews the contemporary scholarship on Girls, from its representation of post-millennial gender politics to depictions of the messiness and ... Read more
In this book, leading and emerging scholars consider the mixed critical responses to Lena Dunham's TV series Girls and reflect on its significance to contemporary debates about postfeminist popular cultures in a post-recession context. The series features both familiar and innovative depictions of young women and men in contemporary America that invite comparisons with Sex and the City. It aims for a refreshed, authentic expression of postfeminist femininity that eschews the glamour and aspirational fantasies spawned by its predecessor. This volume reviews the contemporary scholarship on Girls, from its representation of post-millennial gender politics to depictions of the messiness and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319529707
SKU
V9783319529707
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Ref
99-15
About Meredith Nash (Ed.)
Meredith Nash is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She is the author of Making Postmodern Mothers (2012) and editor of Reframing Reproduction (2014). Imelda Whelehan is Dean of Higher Degree Research at the Australian National University. Her books include Overloaded (2000), Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary (2002), The Feminist Bestseller (2005), and ... Read more
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