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Postfeminist digital cultures, femininity, social media, and self-representation, by Amy Shields Dobson

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-198) and index

index present

non fiction

Postfeminist digital cultures

electronic resource

bibliography

by Amy Shields Dobson

Critical studies in gender, sexuality, and culture

femininity, social media, and self-representation

This volume explores the controversial social media practices engaged in by girls and young women, including sexual self-representations on social network sites, sexting, and self-harm vlogs. Informed by feminist media and cultural studies, Dobson delves beyond alarmist accounts to ask what it is we really fear about these practices