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Philosophical feminism and popular culture / edited by Sharon Crasnow and Joanne Waugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminist theory.
- Feminism and mass media.
- Women in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The eight essays contained in Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture explore the portrayal of women and various philosophical responses to that portrayal in contemporary post-civil rights society. They bring feminist voices to the conversation about gender where is it taking place and attest to the importance of feminist critique in what is sometimes claimed to be a post-feminist era.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Philosophers and Popular Culture; Chapter 1: The Seriously Erotic Politics of Laughter: Bitches, Whores and Other Fumerists; Chapter 2: Black Female Crossover Comedy: Freedom, Liberty, and Minstrelsy; Chapter 3: Pregnancy: Choice and Excess; Chapter 4: So Whatever Happened to Those Philosopher Queens? Plato and Feminism in Sex and the City; Chapter 5: Power and Aggression: Reflections on the Women of Battle star Galactica; Chapter 6: Why Does Mad Men Make Us So Mad?; Chapter 7: The Girl Who Made Us Think about Autonomy
- Chapter 8: Who's Afraid of Naomi Wolf? Feminism in Post-Feminist CultureBibliography; Index; About The Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-28704-9
- 0-7391-7225-5
- OCLC:
- 879024383
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