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HBO's Girls and the awkward politics of gender, race, and privilege

By Watson , Elwood(Editor);Mitchell , Jennifer(Editor);Shaw , Marc E(Editor);Bailey , Jocelyn(Contributor)

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781498512619, 9781498512626, 1498512615
ASIN
B013JMCB7A
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
506 kB (518316 bytes)
Pages
vi, 203\0
Time added
2020-11-29 04:17:07

Description

HBO's Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege is a collection of essays that examines the HBO program Girls. Since its premiere in 2012, the series has garnered the attention of individuals from various walks of life. The show has been described in many terms: insightful, out-of-touch, brash, sexist, racist, perverse, complex, edgy, daring, provocative-just to name a few. Overall, there is no doubt that Girls has firmly etched itself in the fabric of early twenty-first-century popular culture. The essays in this book examine the show from various angles including: white privilege; body image; gender; culture; race; sexuality; parental and generational attitudes; third wave feminism; male emasculation and immaturity; hipster, indie, and urban music as it relates to Generation Y and Generation X. By examining these perspectives, this book uncovers many of the most pressing issues that have surfaced in the show, while considering the broader societal implications therein.

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