In this short and provocative book, cultural studies scholar Angela McRobbie develops a
much-needed feminist account of neoliberalism. Highlighting the ways in which popular …

Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful concepts to emerge within the social
sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic …

In the aftermath of the global banking crises, a political economy of permanent state austerity
has emerged, driven by and legitimated through a hardening anti-welfare commonsense …

The bold argument of Mediated Intimacy (Barker et al., 2018) 1 is that media of various kinds
play an increasingly important role in shaping people's knowledge, desires, practices and …

One of the symptoms of post financial crisis austerity in the UK has been an increase in the
numbers of suicides, especially by people who have experienced welfare reform. This article …

Tracey Jensen grew up in the coastal badlands of Essex, grew wise in the edgelands of
south London and is now happily ensconced in Lancashire. She is a lecturer in Media and …

Anna Tarrant's revealing research explores the dynamics of men's caring responsibilities in
low-income families' lives. The book draws on pioneering multigenerational research to …

This article focuses on how middle-class women identify with 'neoliberal feminism'within the
context of UK austerity by drawing on interviews with 17 women in Leeds, London and …

Drawing on 24 group interviews on celebrity with 148 students aged 14–17 across six
schools, we show that 'hard work'is valued by young people in England. We argue that we …

In this paper, we consider how the cultural politics of austerity within Britain plays out on the
celebrity maternal body. We locate austerity as a discursive and disciplinary field and …