Reading celebrities/narrating selves: 'tween' girls, Miley Cyrus and the good/bad girl binary

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dc.contributor.authorVares T
dc.contributor.authorJackson S
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T21:24:04Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T21:24:04Z
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.date.updated2019-10-29T02:55:33Z
dc.description.abstract© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Celebrities feature prominently in the media and popular cultural landscape of ‘tween’-aged girls. While there has been much speculation about the potential influence of celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens on ‘tween’ girls, particularly with respect to ‘growing up too fast’ and becoming ‘sexy too soon’, research with tweens is lacking. This paper draws on material from a research project that explores the ways in which some preteen girls in two cities in New Zealand engage with the popular culture they encounter in their everyday lives. The focus is on the ways in which the participants respond to the image of Miley Cyrus on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2008, in particular, their critiques of this previously popular celebrity. We explore the ways in which the framing of Cyrus as a ‘bad role model’ and ‘slut’ is used to regulate celebrity identifications, viewing practices and girlhood identities.en
dc.identifier.citationVares T, Jackson S (2015). Reading celebrities/narrating selves: 'tween' girls, Miley Cyrus and the good/bad girl binary. Celebrity Studies. 6(4). 553-567.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2015.1021822
dc.identifier.issn1939-2397
dc.identifier.issn1939-2400
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17805
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dc.subjecttweensen
dc.subjectpreteen girlsen
dc.subjectsexualisationen
dc.subjectMiley Cyrusen
dc.subjectcelebritiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::20 - Language, Communication and Culture::2002 - Cultural Studies::200205 - Culture, Gender, Sexualityen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470214 - Screen and media cultureen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470210 - Globalisation and cultureen
dc.titleReading celebrities/narrating selves: 'tween' girls, Miley Cyrus and the good/bad girl binaryen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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