Hating Skyler White
Audience Engagement, Gender Politics and Celebrity Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5675367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joke Hermes (0000-0002-4622-0696, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author), Leonie Stoete (GGD Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 411-426 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Celebrity Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19392397.2019.1630155 |
| OpenAlex | W2951948907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 26 |
Skyler White is a protagonist in the top-ranking television series Breaking Bad. She is also one of the most hated characters on television. This paper focuses on how the character of Skyler and Anna Gunn – the actor that plays her – are turned into a ‘composite celebrity’ in audience discussions. This is achieved by analysing threads on the social news website Reddit that specifically discuss Skyler. We discovered three main speaking positions: ‘savvy’ viewing; moral realism; and public shaming. This type of audience research may help further discussion on how celebrity culture is supported by neoliberal changes in the public sphere and caught up in the devaluation of professionalism and professional status – which, as will be shown, has especially dire consequences for professional women. Breaking Bad showcases predominantly masculine narratives. The derogation of its key female character therefore does not come as a surprise. However, a feminist defence of both the character and the actor – although a minority perspective – is also voiced. This article reveals how the interlinking fields of celebrity gossip and television criticism are a space of vibrant and sometimes frightening discussion in which a neo-conservative gender agenda is simultaneously asserted and contested
Aesthetics · Art · Celebrity culture · Criticism · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Public sphere · Sociology · Surprise · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Media Influence and Health · Media Studies and Communication
Aesthetic Representation and Political Style
Re‐Reading Popular Culture
Cable Guys
Fortunes of Feminism
Netnography
Breaking Bad”
Watching Television Without Pity
Social Media and the New Commons of TV Criticism
Reading Women's Magazines
The celebritization of society and culture
The importance of [not] being Miley
Media literacy and the challenges of contemporary media culture
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
A Feminist Redefinition of Rape and Sexual Assault
Reacting to Reality Television
Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective
From Discipline to Flexibilization? Rereading Foucault in the Shadow of Globalization
The Personalization of Politics
Cristiano Ronaldo is cheap chic,Twilightactors are special
Reading celebrities/narrating selves
Celebrity culture and audiences
Medusa's stare
Young people's uses of celebrity
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |