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Slut narratives in popular culture / Laurie McMillan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McMillan, Laurie, author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Series:
Routledge research in cultural and media studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mass media--United States--History--21st century.
Mass media.
Women in mass media.
Sexual freedom--In mass media.
Sexual freedom.
Stigma (Social psychology)--In mass media.
Stigma (Social psychology).
Women in popular culture--United States.
Women in popular culture.
Sexual freedom--United States--In popular culture.
Stigma (Social psychology)--United States--In popular culture.
Popular culture--United States--History--21st century.
Popular culture.
English language--United States--Slurs.
English language.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 207 pages).
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Biography/History:
Laurie McMillan, Ph.D., serves as dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, where she works to apply the equity frameworks she studies to higher education leadership. She has published journal articles and book chapters on feminist rhetoric and on writing pedagogy, as well as a first-year composition rhetoric-reader Focus on Writing: What College Students Want to Know.
Contents:
Introduction: Slut Narratives, Popular Culture, and Social Change
Section I. Foundations for Thinking about Slut Shaming
Defining "Slut" from the OED to the Urban Dictionary
Reclaiming and Prohibiting "Slut": Riot Grrrls, SlutWalk, Social Media, and Slutty Food
Section II. Critiques of Slut Shaming for Teens
Limited Critiques of Slut Shaming in Teen Movie Comedies: Mean Girls, Easy A, and To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Slut Shaming Critiques in Streamed Dramatic Teen Series: Stranger Things,
Euphoria, and 13 Reasons Why
Talking about Slut Shaming on YouTube: Jenna Marbles and Laci Green
Section III. Complicating Slut Shaming for Adults
Slut Shaming and Polyamory: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy and Silver Linings Playbook
Slut Shaming, Respectability, and Metanarrative in a Latine Dramedy Series: Jane the Virgin
Comedic Challenges to Slut Shaming: Stand-Up Comedy Specials and Guys We Fucked: The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast
(Challenging) Slut Shaming in Traditional Media, New Media, and Viral Politics: Sandra Fluke and Monica Lewinsky.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 29, 2024).
Other Format:
Print version: McMillan, Laurie. Slut narratives in popular culture
ISBN:
9781040106068
1040106064
9781040106082
1040106080
9781003351443
1003351441
Publisher Number:
40032424825
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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