Kim Hong Nguyen

Mean Girl Feminism

How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss

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Produktbeschreibung

Kim Hong Nguyenâ s feminist media study examines four types of white mean girl feminism prominent in North American popular culture: the bitch, the mean girl, the power couple, and the global mother. White feminists mime the anger, disempowerment, and resistance felt by people of color and other marginalized groups.

Produktdetails

• Feminist Media Studies
• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9780252087684
• ISBN-10: 0252087682
• Artikelnr.: 67404438

Autorenporträt

Kim Hong Nguyen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Feminist Civility and the Right to Be Mean
1. Bitch Feminism: Blackfaced Girl Boss in Feminist
Performative/Performativity Politics
2. Mean Girl Feminism: Gatekeeping Postfeminist Beauty as Illegible Rage
3. Power Couple Feminism: Gaslighting and Re-Empowering Heteronormative
Aggression
4. Global Mother Feminism: Gatekeeping Biopower and Sovereignty
Conclusion: Abolishing Mean Girl Feminism
Notes
Index