Nostalgia and Retro-Femininity in Self-Presentations of 50+ Women on Flickr

Bibliographic Data

ID12910487
AuthorsAnna Kurpaska (corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume9
Issue2
Pages135-149
Publication date2016-05-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhotography and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-4517 • E-ISSN: 1751-4525
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17514517.2016.1204787
OpenAlexW2477531837
LanguageEN
References cited32

This article focuses on interconnected issues of nostalgia and sexual politics of retro-femininity in the online photo-sharing practices of mature women who display eroticized photographs of themselves on Flickr. These stylized images mimic the retro-feminine ideal, borrowing heavily from visual conventions of pin-up and aesthetics of hyper-feminine vintage fashion. They represent both a longing for the past younger self and a romanticized view of a model of femininity of the bygone era. The self-presentations in question are examined in a relationship with debates over the agency of self-display within the online sphere, considering how the uneasy positioning of aging female body in the youth-centered contemporary culture complicates the reading of these images

Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Ambivalence · Art · Femininity · Ideal (ethics · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process · Sociology · Stylized fact · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology

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