Nathalie Weidhase is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Surrey, UK. She has published on women in popular music and celebrity feminism in the journal Celebrity Studies, as well as in the collection Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing: Freeze Frame (2015).

The female dandy is a fascinating figure, especially when located in the context of the ongoing demands of postfeminism. But until now, studies on female dandyism have been limited. Weidhase addresses this gap, presenting the first in-depth theorisation of the female dandy in popular music. The result is a valuable, timely, and compelling contribution to the fields of feminist studies and cultural studies.

• Introduction - Why Dandyism? 1. Postfeminist Dandyism in Context2. Amy Winehouse: Commodifying the Female Spectacle 3. Rihanna: Black Femininity as Postfeminism’s Abject Other4. Lady Gaga: Queer Motherhood, Kinship and Musical Reproduction5. Lana del Rey: Dandyism, Postfeminism and the Nation6. The Postfeminist Dandy and Popular Culture7. The Postfeminist Dandy and Audiovisual CultureConclusions Bibliography

Nathalie Weidhase is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Surrey, UK. She has published on women in popular music and celebrity feminism in the journal Celebrity Studies, as well as in the collection Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing: Freeze Frame (2015).

The female dandy is a fascinating figure, especially when located in the context of the ongoing demands of postfeminism. But until now, studies on female dandyism have been limited. Weidhase addresses this gap, presenting the first in-depth theorisation of the female dandy in popular music. The result is a valuable, timely, and compelling contribution to the fields of feminist studies and cultural studies.

• Introduction - Why Dandyism? 1. Postfeminist Dandyism in Context2. Amy Winehouse: Commodifying the Female Spectacle 3. Rihanna: Black Femininity as Postfeminism’s Abject Other4. Lady Gaga: Queer Motherhood, Kinship and Musical Reproduction5. Lana del Rey: Dandyism, Postfeminism and the Nation6. The Postfeminist Dandy and Popular Culture7. The Postfeminist Dandy and Audiovisual CultureConclusions Bibliography

Nathalie Weidhase is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Surrey, UK. She has published on women in popular music and celebrity feminism in the journal Celebrity Studies, as well as in the collection Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing: Freeze Frame (2015).

The female dandy is a fascinating figure, especially when located in the context of the ongoing demands of postfeminism. But until now, studies on female dandyism have been limited. Weidhase addresses this gap, presenting the first in-depth theorisation of the female dandy in popular music. The result is a valuable, timely, and compelling contribution to the fields of feminist studies and cultural studies.

• Introduction - Why Dandyism? 1. Postfeminist Dandyism in Context2. Amy Winehouse: Commodifying the Female Spectacle 3. Rihanna: Black Femininity as Postfeminism’s Abject Other4. Lady Gaga: Queer Motherhood, Kinship and Musical Reproduction5. Lana del Rey: Dandyism, Postfeminism and the Nation6. The Postfeminist Dandy and Popular Culture7. The Postfeminist Dandy and Audiovisual CultureConclusions Bibliography