ISBN:
9780761970620
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (193 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Culture, Representation and Identity Series
Parallel Title:
Print version The Aftermath of Feminism
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, Angela McRobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and 'affirmative feminism' and sets down a new theory of gender power. Challenging the most basic assumptions of the 'end' of feminism, this book argues that invidious forms of gender re-stabilisation are being re-established. Consumer and popular culture encroach on the terrain of so-called female freedom, appearing supportive of female success, yet tying women into new post-feminist neurotic dependencies. With a scathing critique of 'women's empowerment', McRobbie has developed a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: IN EXCHANGE FOR FEMINISM; 1 - POST-FEMINISM AND POPULAR CULTURE: BRIDGET JONES AND THE NEW GENDER REGIME; 2 - FEMINISM UNDONE? THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF DISARTICULATION; 3 - TOP GIRLS? YOUNG WOMEN AND THE NEW SEXUAL CONTRACT; 4 - ILLEGIBLE RAGE: POST-FEMINIST DISORDERS; 5 - 'WHAT NOT TO WEAR' AND POST-FEMINIST SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE; 6 - CONCLUSION: INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FEMINIST ACADEMY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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