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Title Fan girls and the media : creating characters, consuming culture / edited by Adrienne Trier-Bieniek
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 137 pages)
Contents Introduction : finding feminist fandom in orange is the new black / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek -- "Sci-fi and skimpy outfits" : negotiating objectification, gendered boundaries, and authenticity within the Star Trek fandom / Sarah M. Corse and Jaime Hartless -- A new dawn breaks : rewriting gender wrongs through twilight fan fiction / Penelope Eate -- Coveting Sarah Jessica Parker : when postfeminism meets commodity feminism / Gigi McNamara -- Members of the tribe : marginal identities and the female comedy fan community / Joanne Gilbert -- "When a man knows a woman" : understanding the fan appeal of avenging-women written by men / Lara Stache -- Cultural production and digital resilience : examining female gamers use of social media to participate in video game culture / Kishonna Gray -- The new housewife : gender roles and perceptions of the Real housewives of Atlanta / Natasha Howard -- Writing her story : matriarchy through the male gaze in Tyler Perry's film The family that preys / Christopher K. Jackson and Adria Y. Goldman
Summary This collection of essays examines the ways that entertainment and media are created and consumed in conjunction with gender stereotypes, by examining the diverse ways that women are confronting these stereotypes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women in mass media.
Sexism in mass media.
Fans (Persons) -- Social aspects
Internet entertainment industry -- Social aspects
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
Women in mass media
Neue Medien
Pop-Kultur
Weiblicher Fan
Fans -- sociala aspekter.
Kvinnor i massmedia.
Sexism i massmedia.
Form Electronic book
Author Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne M., editor
LC no. 2020739024
ISBN 9781442246560
1442246561