Can-Go Girls: (Re)Making Neoliberal Ideal Girl Subjects through Round-the-World Travel.

The article deals with the professional travel blog "Lost Girls World" as an illustration of how neoliberal discourse is adopted by privileged young women in the Web 2.0 generation to narrate their travel experiences. Topics discussed include Anita Harris' concept of can-do girls in her book "Future...

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Publicado en:Women's Studies Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 596 - 616
Autor principal: Tai, (Brena) Yu-Chen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2020
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Sumario:The article deals with the professional travel blog "Lost Girls World" as an illustration of how neoliberal discourse is adopted by privileged young women in the Web 2.0 generation to narrate their travel experiences. Topics discussed include Anita Harris' concept of can-do girls in her book "Future Girl," the relevance of feminism as the ideal disciplinary subject of neoliberalism, and the interplay between cosmopolitanism and neoliberalism.