HBO's Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege

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Cover of the book HBO's Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege by Joycelyn Bailey, Maria San Filippo, Yael Levy, Lloyd Isaac Vayo, Tom Pace, Hank Willenbrink, Laura Witherington, Lexington Books
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Author: Joycelyn Bailey, Maria San Filippo, Yael Levy, Lloyd Isaac Vayo, Tom Pace, Hank Willenbrink, Laura Witherington ISBN: 9781498512626
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: August 27, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Joycelyn Bailey, Maria San Filippo, Yael Levy, Lloyd Isaac Vayo, Tom Pace, Hank Willenbrink, Laura Witherington
ISBN: 9781498512626
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: August 27, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

HBO’s Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege is a collection of essays that examines the HBO program Girls. Since its premiere in 2012, the series has garnered the attention of individuals from various walks of life. The show has been described in many terms: insightful, out-of-touch, brash, sexist, racist, perverse, complex, edgy, daring, provocative—just to name a few. Overall, there is no doubt that Girls has firmly etched itself in the fabric of early twenty-first-century popular culture.

The essays in this book examine the show from various angles including: white privilege; body image; gender; culture; race; sexuality; parental and generational attitudes; third wave feminism; male emasculation and immaturity; hipster, indie, and urban music as it relates to Generation Y and Generation X. By examining these perspectives, this book uncovers many of the most pressing issues that have surfaced in the show, while considering the broader societal implications therein.

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HBO’s Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege is a collection of essays that examines the HBO program Girls. Since its premiere in 2012, the series has garnered the attention of individuals from various walks of life. The show has been described in many terms: insightful, out-of-touch, brash, sexist, racist, perverse, complex, edgy, daring, provocative—just to name a few. Overall, there is no doubt that Girls has firmly etched itself in the fabric of early twenty-first-century popular culture.

The essays in this book examine the show from various angles including: white privilege; body image; gender; culture; race; sexuality; parental and generational attitudes; third wave feminism; male emasculation and immaturity; hipster, indie, and urban music as it relates to Generation Y and Generation X. By examining these perspectives, this book uncovers many of the most pressing issues that have surfaced in the show, while considering the broader societal implications therein.

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