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ERIC Number: EJ898608
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Oct
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1750-8487
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Supergirl Scorned: Lessons about Young Femininity in an Australian Television Satire
Charles, Claire E.
Critical Studies in Education, v51 n3 p265-276 Oct 2010
In this paper I explore the popular Australian television character of Ja'mie King--a teenage private school girl created and performed by male comedian Chris Lilley. I conceptualise Lilley's satire as a public pedagogy of young femininity. My reading of his satire responds to recent feminist scholarship around young femininities and "girl power", which explores representations of young femininity in popular culture in Western nations. Drawing primarily on the 2005 television mockumentary "We can be heroes", I explore how King can be read in terms of exaggerated "girl power" subjectivity. I examine the relationships, fashioned through the character of King, between "sexuality" and global citizenship activity. I consider the extent to which King's character teaches that young women can "have it all". I explore the extent to which her character teaches that they can be "beautiful" and "brainy", "self-determined" and "sexy" at the same time. (Contains 4 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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