Twenty-first century feminism
Subtitle: forming and performing femininity
By: [edited by] Claire Nally, Northumbria University, UK ; Angela Smith, University of Sunderland, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137492845
Subjects: Feminism and mass media; Feminism; History; Women in mass media; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Description: "This collection of essays explores various aspects of feminism and femininity in a twenty-first century context. The articles address a number of contemporary issues: from the way in which women are represented in make-over shows, fashion blogs, and 'selfies', to the wider discourses that frame such representations, such as gym culture, pop culture, film and literature, as well as television sitcoms. Drawing on feminist theory and the emergence of 'fourth-wave feminism', the collection concludes that there is still much work to be done in terms of gaining gender equality in society"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction/ Angela Smith; title: 2. 'Strange Borrowing': Affective Neuroscience, Neoliberalism And The 'Cruelly Optimistic' Gendered Bodies In Crossfit / Leslie Heywood; title: 3. Big Sister TV: Bossiness, Bullying And Banter In Early Twenty-First Century Make-Over Television / Angela Smith; title: 4. Boredom And Reinvention For The Female Gaze Within Personal Fashion Blogs / Jennifer Anyan; title: 5. 'In Full View': Involuntary Porn And The Post-Feminist Rhetoric Of Choice / Anne Burns; title: 6. Miranda And Miranda: Comedy, Femininity And Performance / Rosie White; title: 7. Flexible Femininities? Queering Kawaii In Japanese Girls' Culture / Makiko Iseri; title: 8. Strange Case Of Woman's Vanishing Agency And Other Neo Victorian Tales Of Obfuscation And Effacement / Karen Sturgeon-Dodsworth.