For female pop stars, whose star bodies and performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexualized external gaze, the process of ageing in public poses particular challenges. \ud \ud This chapter explores the strategies used by Madonna to destabilise the compelling weight of expectations around ageing by employing resistance through persona re-invention and postmodern intertextuality. \ud \ud It also examines whether older women can compete in an ageist industry, or whether they should redefine it on their own terms
Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and i...
Despite the proliferation of images of ageing in Western popular culture online and in print media ...
If feminism and the fashion industry were once seen as adversaries, given how the strictures of Simo...
For female pop stars, whose star bodies and performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexualize...
This chapter examines the dynamics of performance in relation to ageing popular music stars and thei...
Kathleen Woodward describes how the ageing female body is both hyper-visible and invisible: mass med...
For female pop stars, whose star bodies and star performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexu...
International audienceMadonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates...
Accounts of ageing often employ the metaphor of a mask and suggest that individuals a...
This chapter looks at the representational strategies applied to ageing femininities in popular medi...
Age matters, but the matter of age; its materiality, configuration, articulation and representation,...
On the 18 January, 2009, an online pop music fan posted over fifty outtake images from Madonna's pho...
Older women have never been so visible, or so problematised, in popular media culture as now, but wh...
This thesis examines the intersection between representations of ageing femininities, empowerment, a...
From a feminist perspective, mainstream media representations have always performed disciplinary fun...
Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and i...
Despite the proliferation of images of ageing in Western popular culture online and in print media ...
If feminism and the fashion industry were once seen as adversaries, given how the strictures of Simo...
For female pop stars, whose star bodies and performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexualize...
This chapter examines the dynamics of performance in relation to ageing popular music stars and thei...
Kathleen Woodward describes how the ageing female body is both hyper-visible and invisible: mass med...
For female pop stars, whose star bodies and star performances are undisputedly the objects of a sexu...
International audienceMadonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates...
Accounts of ageing often employ the metaphor of a mask and suggest that individuals a...
This chapter looks at the representational strategies applied to ageing femininities in popular medi...
Age matters, but the matter of age; its materiality, configuration, articulation and representation,...
On the 18 January, 2009, an online pop music fan posted over fifty outtake images from Madonna's pho...
Older women have never been so visible, or so problematised, in popular media culture as now, but wh...
This thesis examines the intersection between representations of ageing femininities, empowerment, a...
From a feminist perspective, mainstream media representations have always performed disciplinary fun...
Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and i...
Despite the proliferation of images of ageing in Western popular culture online and in print media ...
If feminism and the fashion industry were once seen as adversaries, given how the strictures of Simo...