Groomed for capitalism: biopower and the self-care, self-improvement rituals of adolescence in Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade and Donald Glover’s Atlanta
2020; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/13504630.2020.1816954
ISSN1363-0296
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoSelf-care, self-improvement and biopower, as they relate to the commodification of adolescence and the grooming of young people as neoliberal citizens, are the central concerns of this article. Foregrounding new perspectives on the effects such trends have on the body [Cusset, F. (2018). How the world swung to the right: Fifty years of counterrevolutions. MIT Press], it analyzes two texts, the film Eighth Grade and the Atlanta episode entitled 'Fubu' (season 2, episode 10), to consider how neoliberal capitalist values manifest in the lives of protagonists, Kayla and Earn, whose young bodies have been colonized by the self-care, self-improvement ethos of our current cultural spirit.
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