Postfeminist possibilities: unpacking the paradoxical performances of heterosexualized femininity in club spaces

摘要: One of the ways in which heterosexualization women's bodies is made apparent through blatant promotion Ladies' Night at night clubs. These are typically weekly events, women granted complimentary entry by club operators. thus popularly construed as a time and space men can gain access to many ‘heterosexy’ female bodies. The deliberate deployment specific kinds (post)feminine subjectivities—slim, savvy, sassy—in promotional material often couched discourses that highlight expression, consumption, autonomy. Such celebratory rhetoric empowered actors seems suggest traditional gendered expectations self-reserved, timid vulnerable sexual aggression archaic no longer valid. In light this, I investigate how negotiate postfeminist terrain within context Singapore's clubbing scene. By employing qualitative methods such in-depth interviews...