Philosophical feminism and popular culture / edited by Sharon Crasnow & Joanne Waugh.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Crasnow, Sharon L.
• Waugh, Joanne, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Feminist theory.
• Feminism and mass media.
• Women in popular culture.

Physical Description:

viii, 195 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.

Summary:

The eight essays contained in Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture explore the portrayal of women in contemporary society and present philosophical responses to that portrayal. The chapters examine visual, print, and performance media-stand-up comedy, movies, television, and a blockbuster trilogy of novels. These philosophical feminist analyses of popular culture consider the possibilities, both positive and negative, that popular culture presents for articulating the structure of the social and cultural practices in which gender matters, and for changing these practices if and when they follow from, lead to, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of gender. This volume-intended for feminist philosophers, students in feminist philosophy or gender and women's studies courses, and others interested in gender issues in popular media-brings feminist voices to the conversation about gender where is it taking place and attests to relevance of feminist critique in what is sometimes claimed to be a post-feminist era. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Introduction : Philosophers and popular culture / Sharon Crasnow, Joanne Waugh
• The seriously erotic politics of laughter : bitches, whores, and other fumerists / Cynthia Willett, Julie Willett
• Black female crossover comedy : freedom, liberty, and minstrelsy / Naomi Zack
• Pregnancy as choice and excess / Kelly Oliver
• So whatever happened to those philosopher queens? Plato and feminism in Sex and the City / Ann-Marie Schultz
• Power and aggression : reflections on the women of Battlestar Galactica / Jennifer Ingle
• Why does Made Men make us so mad? / Sharon Crasnow
• The girl who made us think about autonomy / Joanne Waugh
• Who's afraid of Naomi Wolf? Feminism in post-feminist culture / J. Lenore Wright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780739172247
• 0739172247

OCLC:

821559783