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The personal, the political and the popular: a woman's guide to celebrity politics
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Abstract This article looks at articulations of gender, politics and citizenship by examining two European female heads of state: Tarja Halonen (Finland) and Angela Merkel (Germany). It discusses their personae in the context of emerging public debate about the merits and shortcomings of what is nowadays cal... mehr
This article looks at articulations of gender, politics and citizenship by examining two European female heads of state: Tarja Halonen (Finland) and Angela Merkel (Germany). It discusses their personae in the context of emerging public debate about the merits and shortcomings of what is nowadays called ‘celebrity politics’, constituted by popularization and personalization. The analysis suggests that the increasing presence of popular culture in politics presents a complex and often unfavourable arena to women because of its inbuilt and extreme polarization of femininity and politics. It shows how Tarja Halonen and Angela Merkel have bypassed the personalization of politics and present a thoroughly political and professional persona to the public, rigidly concealing their private lives. As a result, female politicians - at least the two heads of state analysed here - tend to represent a classic ideal of political citizenship with clear boundaries and singular codes and conventions.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Politik; Weiblichkeit; Gender; Frauenbild; Politikerin; Merkel, A.; Führungsstil; Finnland; politische Kommunikation
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
citizenship; political communication; Tarja Halonen;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2006
Seitenangabe
S. 287-301
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Cultural Studies, 9 (2006) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549406066074
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)