Girl Heroes: Popular Culture, Femininity and Celebrity

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Thirty years after The Female Eunuch decried the meek, passive social norms of girlhood we are awash with amazons. Girl Heroes reviews the girl revolution in contemporary popular culture by taking an honest and insightful look at the lure of today's powerful 'chick' celebrities - including the warrior-babe Xena, 'girl-powered' Spice Girls, kick-butt Powerpuff Girls, and supernatural Buffy. Hopkins offers an original, provocative and occasionally sacrilegious review of mass mediated Girl Power. She argues that girls are no longer prepared to accept weak and dependant role models. Accordningly, established middle-aged feminism needs to rethink its approaches to girl culture. Young women today are embracing the privileges of masculinity and femininity, reclaiming the title of 'girl' as a source of pride and power. Dr. Susan Hopkins is a lecturer in Social Science/Communications at the University of Queensland. She is the author of several articles on popular culture, youth culture and youtful femininity. Girl Heroes is part of the "media.culture" series edited by McKenzie Wark. Paperback (B-Format)

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General Fields

• ISBN : 9781877270352
• Publisher : hazpnz
• Imprint : hazpnz
• Publication date : March 2003
• Dimensions : 215mm X 138mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Pages : 280
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Susan Hopkins