Strategic sisterhood and the girlfriend gaze
Representation of girlfriendship in the Chinese TV drama Ode to Joy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5681963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Hu (0000-0001-6479-0337, Wuhan University, corresponding author), Cathy Yue Wang (0000-0002-2630-9968, Shanghai Normal University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 394-411 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17496020211046378 |
| OpenAlex | W3200500101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article examines the representation of girlfriendship (Winch A (2013) Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan) in the Chinese TV series Ode to Joy (2016-2017), and in particular, its representation of the interactions between urban women's competence, experience of romance, postfeminist identity and class status in the Chinese gender context. Drawing on Winch's concepts of 'strategic sisterhood' and the 'girlfriend gaze', we first explore how female friendship relies on networks of exchange in terms of economy, career and/or emotion, and then investigate the ways in which young women mutually monitor each other's personal relationships to ensure their heterosexuality in society as a group
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Globalisation of Chinese TV Drama
Discipline and Punish
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |