Consumption in the city: The turn to interiority in contemporary postfeminist television

Dejmanee, T

Consumption in the city: The turn to interiority in contemporary postfeminist television

Dejmanee, T

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2016, 19, (2), pp. 119-133
Issue Date:: 2016-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dejmanee, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7517-211X
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-15T04:57:26Z
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dc.date.issued	2016-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2016, 19, (2), pp. 119-133
dc.identifier.issn	1367-5494
dc.identifier.issn	1460-3551
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dc.description.abstract	In this article, I discuss a postfeminist ‘turn to interiority’ which takes place in US postfeminist television from 2005 onwards. Drawing on the theoretical critiques of postfeminist retreatism and girlie femininity, this turn is characterised by a concern with interior spaces – reviving domesticity and the importance of finding and securing a home – as well as internalised consumption – replacing forms of material consumption with the quest for self-actualisation, particularly through eating and expressions of the authentic self. I analyse this shift through a comparative analysis of the television shows Sex and the City, Girls and The Mindy Project. I argue that the turn to interiority is a product of the US cultural context, but also that this examination evidences the malleability and longevity of postfeminist ideology. Accordingly, I argue for the continuing importance of critical scholarship on postfeminism as an insight into the failures and pervasiveness of neoliberal politics.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
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dc.subject	1504 Commercial Services, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, 2002 Cultural Studies
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies
dc.title	Consumption in the city: The turn to interiority in contemporary postfeminist television
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In this article, I discuss a postfeminist ‘turn to interiority’ which takes place in US postfeminist television from 2005 onwards. Drawing on the theoretical critiques of postfeminist retreatism and girlie femininity, this turn is characterised by a concern with interior spaces – reviving domesticity and the importance of finding and securing a home – as well as internalised consumption – replacing forms of material consumption with the quest for self-actualisation, particularly through eating and expressions of the authentic self. I analyse this shift through a comparative analysis of the television shows Sex and the City, Girls and The Mindy Project. I argue that the turn to interiority is a product of the US cultural context, but also that this examination evidences the malleability and longevity of postfeminist ideology. Accordingly, I argue for the continuing importance of critical scholarship on postfeminism as an insight into the failures and pervasiveness of neoliberal politics.

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