Beschreibung:
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.
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.
Acknowledgments1.IntroductionGirls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and PrivilegeElwood Watson, Jennifer Mitchell and Marc E. ShawChapter 1She's Just Not That Into You: Dating, Damage and GenderJennifer MitchellChapter 2The Body Police: Lena Dunham, Susan Bordo and HBO GirlsJoycelyn BaileyChapter 3Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Feminist Body PoliticsMaria San FilippoChapter 4Girls' Issues: The Feminist Politics of Girls Celebration of The TrivialYael LevyChapter 5Sentimental Boys in GirlsMarc E. ShawChapter 6Capitalizing on Cool: The Music That Makes GirlsHank WillenbrinkChapter 7Generation X Archtypes and HBO GirlsTom PaceChapter 8Reading Girls: Bringing Sexy Back To GirlsLaura WitheringtonChapter 9Lena Dunham: Awkward White GirlElwood WatsonChapter 10Marnye On the Ones and Twos: Appropriating Race, Criticizing Class in GirlsLloyd Isaac Vayo