Girls, Texts, Cultures
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Feminist Criticism, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Feminism & Feminist Theory
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781771120227 | |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | June 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781771120227 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Publication: | June 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Language: | English |
Chapter 12
Reading Smart Girls: Post-Nerds in Post-Feminist Popular Culture
Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby
Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby examine how the “post-nerd smart girl”--attractive, intelligent and sexually desirable--is portrayed in The Gilmore Girls, High School Musical and Veronica Mars. Analysing the figures of Rory, Gabriella and Veronica, Pomerantz and Raby consider the extent to which these “smart supergirl” figures are inflected by post-feminist and neo-liberal discourses.
Chapter 12
Reading Smart Girls: Post-Nerds in Post-Feminist Popular Culture
Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby
Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby examine how the “post-nerd smart girl”--attractive, intelligent and sexually desirable--is portrayed in The Gilmore Girls, High School Musical and Veronica Mars. Analysing the figures of Rory, Gabriella and Veronica, Pomerantz and Raby consider the extent to which these “smart supergirl” figures are inflected by post-feminist and neo-liberal discourses.
