The authentic conservative Wonder Woman
Israeli girls negotiating global and local meanings of femininity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Einat Lachover (0000-0002-6503-6675, Sapir College, corresponding author), Shosh Davidson (0000-0002-6374-9890, Gordon State College), Ornit Ramati Dvir (Social Change and Development) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 581-597 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2019.1691925 |
| OpenAlex | W2985709530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
Girls in Western societies are increasingly exposed to feminist ideas, often led by women celebrities. The current study explores how Israeli girls negotiate feminist concepts such as ‘girl power’ and ‘feminine success’ by examining their responses to Wonder Woman – a film that is part of this ‘feminist zeitgeist’ – and its Israeli actress, Gal Gadot. The paper documents the voices of hegemonic Israeli girls aged 13 to 15 in ten focus groups, and shows that girls take pride in the presence of a strong female character and an Israeli representative in Hollywood. The girls position themselves around a model of success represented by strong global and local feminine images. The global elements reflect neoliberal postfeminist discourse advocating authenticity as the ideal for self-actualisation. The local elements reflect a relational sentiment of loyalty to both the state and the family. We argue that the authenticity myth plays a key role in reinforcing the existing gender order and the conservative definition of good citizenship through the perception of a successful woman. We conclude that the local cultural features and national belonging are meaningful categories for studying girls’ encounter with celebrities
Aesthetics · Art · Femininity · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · Wonder · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Re-Examining Stardom
Sincerity and Authenticity
Unbearable Weight
A Star Is Born and the Construction of Authenticity
Interaction Ritual
Heavenly Bodies
Jewish-Israeli Girls' Online Discourse about International Women's Day
Handbook of Interview Research
The Chosen Body
Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth
The Spousal Covenant (Brit Hazugiut), or the Covenant with the Status Quo
The symbolic economy of authenticity as a form of symbolic violence
Wonder Woman
Post Weinstein
Girls’ feminist blogging in a postfeminist age
Girls make sense
Feminism as natural anachronism in Wonder Woman
Theorizing agency in post-girlpower times
Motherhood as a national mission
Intense engagement
But then feminism goes out the window
Mind the Gap
The Confidence Cult(ure)
Empowered
To See and Be Seen
Focus groups in feminist research
Developing Focus Group Research
"The Rise of the "Yummy Mummy
Introduction
The 'place' of television in celebrity studies
The promotion and presentation of the self
Re/visioning the women's movement in Israel
Multiple methods in qualitative research with children
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |