“Topics include the hyper-real utopia represented by Gilmore Girls’ fictional Stars Hollow; the faux-feminist perspective offered by Rory Gilmore’s unfulfilling (and often masochistic) romantic relationships; the ways in which “mean girl” Paris Geller both adheres to and departs from the traditional archetype of female power and aggression; and the role of Lorelai Gilmore’s oft-criticized marriage in destroying the show’s central theme of single motherhood during its seventh season. The work also studies the role of food and its consumption as a narrative device throughout the show’s development, evaluating the ways in which food negotiates, defines, and upholds the characters’ gendered and class performances.”
Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity
Essays on Family and Feminism in the Television Series
I’d be very interested in reading this, but uh, I’m totally not spending $35 on this book. (via perpetua)
Anyone looking to buy me a book? This would be #1 on the list of a perfect mesh of all my favorite things. Actually, I’ll just buy it myself, then lend it to Alice because this is right up her alley too.
