Lori Bindig

Gossip Girl (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Understanding

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Gossip Girl: A Critical Understanding provides a critical analysis of The CW's hit teen television drama Gossip Girl. Lori Bindig analyzes episodes as a set of media texts that blur the boundaries between hegemonic and counter-hegemonic content. Using political economy, textual and audience analyses, Bindig dissects how the show presents ideological content in regard to gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism, ultimately unearthing potential ramifications of Gossip Girl and other popular media texts. In addition, Bindig examines the expansive fan community and its engagement with the show through online forums and YouTube. Gossip Girl: A Critical Understanding will appeal to scholars of media, audience studies, and popular culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739184820
• Artikelnr.: 41872091

Autorenporträt

Lori Bindig is assistant professor of communication, director of the media literacy and digital culture graduate program, and director of the performing arts minor at Sacred Heart University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: From Page to Screen: The Political Economy of Gossip Girl
Chapter 3: "Without You, I'm Nothing": Representations of Gender on Gossip
Girl
Chapter 4: "We Are What You Aspire To": Race and Class on Gossip Girl
Chapter 5: She Gets Dumped and He Gets Girls: Sexuality on Gossip Girl
Chapter 6: "Whoever said money doesn't buy happiness didn't know where to
shop": Gossip Girl and Consumerism
Chapter 7: I Seriously Started Crying: Audience Analysis and Gossip Girl
Appendix A: Brief Synopses of the Six Seasons of Gossip Girl
Appendix B: Methodology