Postfemininities in popular culture
By: Stephanie Genz.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780230551503
Subjects: Feminist theory; Popular culture; Sex role; Mass media and women
Description: "Exploring the contradictions surrounding modern-day femininity and its complicated relationship with feminism and postfeminism, this book provides a history of femininity in popular culture since the 1960s, analysing its shifting relationship with (post)feminism and concepts of female victimization. Through an examination of a range of popular female and feminist icons and paradigms, the text offers an innovative and forward-looking perspective on femininity and the modern female self. The book marks an important cross-generational moment in feminist thinking that challenges us to re-think previous conceptions of femininity and debate critical issues that remain unresolved in contemporary culture: does femininity necessarily imply powerlessness and victimization? Can femininsm and femininity co-exist? What emerges between these previously opposed extremes?"--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem that has a name : the feminine concentration camp; title: Burning the bra : second wave enemies of glamour; title: Boiling the bunny : the backlash and macho feminism; title: Going pink : postfeminism and girl power; title: The (un)happy housewife heroine; title: Having it all : the superwoman; title: Making it on her own : the singleton; title: Fighting it : the supergirl.