TITLE:
Mean girl feminism : how White feminists gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss / Kim Hong Nguyen.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois Press,
Physical Description:
xvi, 133 p.
Series:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Mean girl feminism encourages girls and women to be sassy, sarcastic, and ironic as feminist performance. Yet it coopts its affect, form, and content, from racialized oppression and protest while directing meanness toward people in marginalized groups. Kim Hong Nguyen examines four types of white mean girl feminism prominent in North American popular culture: the bitch, the mean girl, the power couple, and the global mother.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780252087684
