Presentation
Insatiable Appetite: Female Monsters and Inveterate Consumption
Consumer Culture Theory Conference
(2018)
Abstract
Abstract: This article presents a cultural analysis of female characters in contemporary television shows and film. It seeks to illustrate popular culture representations of femininity that include consumption as an intrinsic characteristic of the bad woman- the villain whose insatiable appetite to devour power, sexuality, and commodities paves the way to her monstrosity and deviance. The paper looks critically at the portrayals of female consumers while questioning the ways in which they play a role in the creation and reproduction of the imaginary of women as naturally materialistic,insatiable, and in a way, monsters.
Keywords
- Monster,
- Consumption,
- Feminity,
- Television,
- Popular Culture,
- Villain
Disciplines
- Social and Behavioral Sciences,
- Anthropology,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Communication,
- Broadcast and Video Studies,
- Communication Technology and New Media,
- Critical and Cultural Studies,
- Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication,
- Health Communication,
- International and Intercultural Communication,
- Mass Communication,
- Other Communication,
- Public Relations and Advertising,
- Speech and Rhetorical Studies,
- Sociology,
- Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence,
- Family, Life Course, and Society,
- Gender and Sexuality,
- Inequality and Stratification,
- Other Sociology,
- Sociology of Culture and
- Sociology of Religion
Publication Date
Summer June 29, 2018
Location
Odense, Denmark
Citation Information
Claudia M. Wright. "Insatiable Appetite: Female Monsters and Inveterate Consumption" Consumer Culture Theory Conference (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/claudia-wright/9/