Spectacular Girls Media Fascination And Celebrity Culture

"As an omnipresent figure of the media landscape, girls are spectacles. They are ubiquitous visual objects on display at which we are incessantly invited to look. Investigating our cultural obsession with both everyday and high-profile celebrity girls, Sarah Projanskyuses a queer, anti-racist feminist approach to explore the diversity of girlhoods in contemporary popular culture.The book addresses two key themes: simultaneous adoration and disdain for girls and the pervasiveness of whiteness and heteronormativity. While acknowledging this context, Projansky pushes past the dichotomy of the “can-do” girl who has the world at her feet and ..." --Publisher description.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

הוצאה

NYU Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

295

ISBN

9780814724811

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata