Winch, Alison.
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-214) and index.
- Introduction: Girlfriend culture — The girlfriend gaze: Normative cruelties : Mean girls Who cares about letting go? : Heat magazine Gynaeopticon ‘How I went from fat to fit’ : Erotic capital School girls to cougars — BFF co-brands: Misogyny : Trinny and Susannah Health : Skinny bitch How to be a girl : Fearne and Holly ‘I have been the same weight since I was fourteen’ Frenemies — Strategic sisterhoods: Girlfriend reflexivity : Sex and the city Social capital Carrie Bradshaw as self-brand Plastic women : Lipstick jungle ‘I’m hiding testicles under my skirt!’ : the masquerade Exclusive sisterhoods : Cashmere mafia ‘Friendship is just another word for foreplay’ : The L word Fandom and co-producing media brands — Womance: The girlfriend flick Competition : In her shoes and Baby mama Bridezillas : Bride wars and Sex and the city 1 Intergenerational : The Devil wears Prada and The women Imperfect : Bridesmaids and Your sister’s sister — Making white lives better?: The mammy : The help and Sex and the city 1 Orientalism : Sex and the city 2 White feminism : 2 broke girls Deconstructing girlfriendship: Girls — Catfight: Branded sociality : The hills Rivalry : Paris Hilton Slut-shaming: Sorority girls Surveillance, comparison and the self-brand — Class and British reality television: The contact zone : What not to wear Loving meanness : Cook yourself thin The other woman : Wife swap — The friendship market: Here comes the brand Celebrity brands Weight loss convergence Facebook friends — Conclusion: Feminism, friendship and conflict..
Subjects:
- Female friendship.
- Friendship in adolescence.
- Women in mass media.
- Television and women.
- Women on television.
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- Friendship in adolescence. fast (OCoLC)fst00935195
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