Reading Lena Dunham's Girls

Zusatztext

In this book, leading and emerging scholars consider the mixed critical responses to Lena Dunham¿s TV series <i>Girls</i> 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 <i>Sex and the City</i>. 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<i> Girls</i>, from its representation of post-millennial gender politics to depictions of the messiness and imperfections of sex, embodiment, and social interactions. Topics covered include Dunham¿s privileged role as author/auteur/actor, sexuality, body consciousness, millennial gender identities, the politics of representation, neoliberalism, and post-recession society. This book provides diverse and provocative critical responses to the show and to wider social and media contexts, and contributes to a new generation of feminist scholarship with a powerful concluding reflection from Rosalind Gill. It will appeal to those interested in feminist theory, identity politics, popular culture, and media.

Autorenportrait

<div><div>Meredith Nash is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. She is the author of <i>Making Postmodern Mothers</i> (2012) and editor of <i>Reframing Reproduction</i> (2014). </div>Imelda Whelehan is Dean of Higher Degree Research at the Australian National University. Her books include <i>Overloaded </i>(2000), <i>Helen Fielding¿s Bridget Jones¿s Diary </i>(2002),<i> The Feminist Bestseller</i> (2005), and she is co-author of <i>Key Concepts in Gender Studies </i>with Jane Pilcher (2017). </div><div> </div>

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