HBO's Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege

Herausgeber: Mitchell, Jennifer; Watson, Elwood; Shaw, Marc Edward

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Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the HBO program Girls from multiple perspectives by comparing the series to similar programs from the past and present by examining it through the lenses of gender, race, sexuality, and culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781498522991
• ISBN-10: 1498522998
• Artikelnr.: 47877085

Autorenporträt

Elwood Watson is professor of history, gender studies, and African-American studies at East Tennessee State University. Jennifer Mitchell teaches at Weber State University. Marc Shaw is associate professor of Theater Arts at Hartwick College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 1.Introduction Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender,
Race, and Privilege Elwood Watson, Jennifer Mitchell and Marc E. Shaw
Chapter 1 She's Just Not That Into You: Dating, Damage and Gender Jennifer
Mitchell Chapter 2 The Body Police: Lena Dunham, Susan Bordo and HBO Girls
Joycelyn Bailey Chapter 3 Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Feminist Body
Politics Maria San Filippo Chapter 4 Girls' Issues: The Feminist Politics
of Girls Celebration of The Trivial Yael Levy Chapter 5 Sentimental Boys in
Girls Marc E. Shaw Chapter 6 Capitalizing on Cool: The Music That Makes
Girls Hank Willenbrink Chapter 7 Generation X Archtypes and HBO Girls Tom
Pace Chapter 8 Reading Girls: Bringing Sexy Back To Girls Laura
Witherington Chapter 9 Lena Dunham: Awkward White Girl Elwood Watson
Chapter 10 Marnye On the Ones and Twos: Appropriating Race, Criticizing
Class in Girls Lloyd Isaac Vayo