Description
From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of media forms, Alison Winch reveals how women are increasingly encouraged to strategically bond by controlling each other's body image through 'the girlfriend gaze'.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Girlfriend Culture and the Gynaeopticon 1. The Girlfriend Gaze 2. BFF Co-Brands 3. Strategic Sisterhoods 4. Womance 5. Making White Lives Better? 6. Catfight 7. Class and British Reality Television 8. The Friendship Market Conclusion: Feminism, Friendship and Conflicted Feelings Bibliography
