Book launch: Fantasies Of Singledom
In this event, Kate Gilchrist will introduce her new book, Fantasies of Singledom: Living in the Cultural Imaginary of Single Femininity (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Book launch: Fantasies Of Singledom
25 Mar 2026, 15:00 – 16:30
Kate will be joined by respondent Professor Shani Orgad.
The book is an exploration of how single women navigate their intimate lives within a culture that simultaneously celebrates and disciplines single femininity.
Through analysis of women’s narratives and popular cultural representations of single women it explores the connectivities and disjunctures between these two spheres. It asks how cultural fantasies of singledom performatively sustain, threaten or transform norms of feminine subjectivity, and importantly what it means to live amongst such an imaginary.
Related links
- About the book: Fantasies Of Singledom
- UCL Knowledge Lab
- Research in Media Arts and Play
- Department of Culture, Communication and Media
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Dr Kate Gilchrist
Lecturer (Teaching) in Media
Institute of Education
Professor Shani Orgad (Respondent)
Professor of Media and Communications
London School of Economics
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes
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