The Politics of Being a Woman: Feminism, Media and 21st Century Popular Culture

What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited collection is driven by the question, why is feminism viewed by some (we would add a majority) as outdated, no longer necessary and having achieved its goal...

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Weitere Verfasser: Savigny, Heather 1969- (HerausgeberIn), Warner, Helen 1984- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2015
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Zusammenfassung:What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited collection is driven by the question, why is feminism viewed by some (we would add a majority) as outdated, no longer necessary and having achieved its goals, and what role have the media played in this?.
"Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Foreword" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "1 Introduction: The Politics of Being a Woman" -- "Part I: The Politics of Politics in Popular Culture" -- "2 Seen and Not Heard: The Popular Appeal of Postfeminist Political Celebrity" -- "3 â€Honour Is Everything for Muslims’? Vendetta Song, Filmic Representation, Religious Identity and Gender Politics in Turkey" -- "Part II: The Politics of Politics: Role Models" -- "4 â€I’m a Free Bitch Baby’, a â€Material Girl’: Interrogating Audience Interpretations of the Postfeminist Performances of Lady Gaga and Madonna" -- "5 â€A Place for Talking about Female Stars’: Exploring Versatility, Femininity and â€Fantasy’ in Mother-Daughter talk on Film Stars" -- "6 â€Where Do You Go after Bridesmaids?’: The Politics of Being a Woman in Hollywood" -- "Part III: The Politics of Being a Woman in â€Real Life’" -- "7 â€I’d Rather Be Peggy than Betty’: Female Audience Responses to Mad Men" -- "8 Girls and Cultural Consumption: â€Typical Girls’, â€Fangirls’ and the Value of Femininity" -- "9 Conclusion: Politics beyond Media and Popular Culture – I am a Feminist Because… A Manifesta" -- "Afterword".
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ISBN:9781137384669
DOI:10.1057/9781137384669

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