ISBN:
9780739197776
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (207 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture
DDC:
305.4201
Keywords:
Feminism and mass media
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Feminist theory
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Women in popular culture
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Feminism and mass media
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Feminist theory
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Women in popular culture
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈span〉〈span〉〈span〉The eight essays contained in 〈/span〉〈span style=""font-style:italic;""〉Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture〈/span〉〈span〉 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 〈/span〉〈span style=""font-style:italic;""〉where is it taking place〈/span〉〈span〉 and attest to the importance of feminist critique in what is sometimes claimed to be a post-feminist era.〈/span〉〈/span〉〈/span〉
Description / Table of 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8: Who's Afraid of Naomi Wolf? Feminism in Post-Feminist CultureBibliography; Index; About The Contributors
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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