How to organise your body 101
Postfeminism and the (re)construction of the female body through How to Look Good Naked
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11267070 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Christiana Tsaousi (0009-0003-2633-4877, University of Leicester, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2017 |
| Volumen | 39 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 145-158 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443715608258 |
| OpenAlex | W2291835865 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 8 |
| Referencias citadas | 28 |
The aim of this article is to highlight the attention given by recent makeover shows, and specifically How to Look Good Naked, to the ‘underneath’ as a way of (re)organising the female body. I examine whether this ‘turn’ or change in media’s direction is an appreciation of the real female body (an unmodified body) or whether this is a mere (re-)organisation of the body into a controllable base of overall appearance and a further embedding of Western conceptions of beauty and of the notion that the manipulation of appearance is essential to the construction of the feminine identity and to the measure of women’s social worth. Informed by postfeminist discourse and critique, I analyse the British reality makeover television show How to Look Good Naked, discuss the extent to which it actually provides an alternative to prevailing cultural discourses around feminine beauty and scrutinise the impact that it seems to have on the identities of the women who participate. I analyse how the show, as the ultimate postfeminist show, inscribes gendered identities and practices, and I examine how postfeminism has created spaces for such shows to exist and affirm hegemonic gender constructions based on consumption practices
Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · Consumption (sociology · Feminism · Hegemony · Identity (music · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Reality television · Reality tv · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising
Conforming to or Confounding the Beauty Myth
‘Getting Naked with Gok Wan’
The aesthetic labour of polycystic ovarian syndrome
From the Side, You Should Look like a Japanese Ham Sandwich, No Gap Anywhere”
Trinny takes all! Exploring the gendered effects of authenticity, postfeminism, and leadership on The Trinny TakeOver Show
Celebrating girlish cuteness and eternal youth
You’re like my twin soul
Meghan Markle and the royal pregnancy announcement
The Lived Body
Unbearable Weight
Backlash
Makeover takeover on British television
Feminist Media Studies
Culture and Subjectivity in Neoliberal and Postfeminist Times
Postfeminisms
You Need a Makeover
Sex and the Single Girl” in Postfeminism
Sex and the City and Consumer Culture
Regulating The Abject
Gays, Gaze and Aunty Gok
Shame and Pride in How to Look Good Naked
Cosmetic Surgery And The Televisual Makeover
Begging for It
The “Feminization” of British Television and the Re-Traditionalization of Gender
C’mon girlfriend
Postfeminist media culture
The whole playboy mansion image’
Undressing Homogeneity
The lived body
I just want to be me again
Third Way/ve
Immaculate consumption
Feminists Or 'Postfeminists
Young Women and Consumer Culture
| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,14 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 8 |