Negotiating Femininities in the Neoliberal Night-Time Economy Too Much of a Girl? /

• Main Author: Nicholls, Emily (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Gender identity.; Women.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Gender and Sexuality.; Women's Studies.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.

This book explores the ways in which young women negotiate gendered and classed identities in nightlife venues. With a particular focus on the under-researched phenomenon of the 'girls' night out', this text explores tensions around what it means to be 'girly' in bars, pubs...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Carefree or Controlled? Understanding the Night-Time Economy
• 'It's Girl Time': Girliness and Friendships
• 'Rowdy...? That's the Whole Point of Going on a Night Out': Time Out, Transgression and Control
• 'What Else About Her Is Fake?': 'Emphasised' Femininity,Authenticity and Appearance
• 'People Don't See You if You're a Woman and You're Not Really Dressed Up': Visibility and Risk
• Conclusion.