Gossip Girl

A Critical Understanding

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-11-12
Mått162 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Studies in Television
Antal sidor206
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739184813

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

Bindig insightfully shows how media conglomerates’ and advertisers’ concerted efforts to narrowly define demographics is primarily based on a recognition of the increase in both the American youth population’s spending power...coupled with their influence on household purchases.... Strongest of all, her exploration of howGossip Girldissolves the difference between the constructs of race and class...rightfully takes the show to task and seriously challenges the myth and legacy of the so-called ‘American Dream’.