Feminism in popular culture / edited by Joanne Hollows and Rachel Moseley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollows, Joanne.

Moseley, Rachel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Popular culture.

Women in popular culture.

Physical Description:

ix, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2006.

Summary:

What is the relationship between feminism and popular culture? Has there been a "backlash" against feminism, or is feminism incorporated into the mainstream? Can feminism learn from popular culture? This book explores these questions through a diverse range of texts and sites, including: "Bridget Jones," African-American music videos, news coverage, radio shows, the "Scream" trilogy, "Sex and the City," hip hop, and more. The book""does not assume that popular culture could benefit from a feminist "makeover," instead, it analyzes how different meanings of feminism have been negotiated within popular culture and how popular culture has made sense of feminism.

Contents:

Popularity contests : the meanings of popular feminism / Joanne Hollows and Rachel Moseley

Feminism in the news / Susan Sheridan, Susan Magarey and Sandra Lilburn

The feminist in the kitchen : Martha, Martha and Nigella / Charlotte Brunsdon

Feminism in the classroom : teaching towards the third wave / Kathleen Rowe Karlyn

Ally Mcbeal, Sex and the city, and the tragic success of feminism / Joke Hermes

Can I go home yet? : feminism, post-feminism, and domesticity / Joanne Hollows

Sex workers incorporated / Jane Arthurs

Discipline and pleasure : the uneasy relationship between feminism and the beauty industry / Paula Black

Learning from B-girls / Charla Ogaz

Illegitimate, monstrous and out there : female Quake players and inappropriate pleasures / Helen W. Kennedy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845202236

1845202228

OCLC:

61859792

Publisher Number:

9781845202231

9781845202224