Gossip Girl - A Critical Understanding

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book is a critical cultural studies analysis of the CW's hit teen television drama Gossip Girl (2007-2012). Bindig examines the show in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism, and she explores the potential ramifications of popular media texts like Gossip Girl. Zusammenfassung This book is a critical cultural studies analysis of the CW’s hit teen television drama Gossip Girl (2007–2012). Bindig examines the show in terms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism, and she explores the potential ramifications of popular media texts like Gossip Girl. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Lori Bindig
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2014
• EAN: 9780739184813
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8481-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Critical Studies in Television
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society