Girl Power: Feminism, Girlculture and the Popular Media

This project is an interrogation of three examples from recent popular culture of girlculture, specifically texts that target young female consumers: the Spice Girls, Scream and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These examples are fundamentally different than texts from earlier female targeted generic models because they not only reflect the influence of the feminist movement, they work on feminism's behalf. The project's methodology grows out of feminist film theories and cultural studies theories. One chapter is dedicated to each text, and each reading works to reappropriate girlculture texts for a counter-hegemonic agenda by highlighting the moments when each text manages to subvert its mass mediated conservative biases.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

1999

Author dc:creator

• Smith, Ashley Lorrain

Contributors dc:contributor

• Negra, Diane
• Kumar, Shanti
• Levin, C. Melinda

• Feminism.
• Women in mass media.
• Women in popular culture.
• Girls in popular culture.
• Spice Girls
• Scream
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Smith, Ashley Lorrain
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 44930834
untcat: b2224087
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