ISBN:
9786612125188
,
0203876806
,
9781282125186
,
9780203876800
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 291 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Gender in media kunst en cultuur 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Doing Gender in Media, Art and Culture
DDC:
305.4201
Keywords:
Mass media
;
Culture
;
Art
;
Feminism
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Kunst
;
Geschlechterforschung
;
Massenmedien
;
Geschlechterforschung
;
Kultur
Abstract:
Doing Gender in Media, Art, and Culture presents cutting-edge feminist scholarship according to an attractive, pedagogically rich format which makes use of the stories of feminist heroines (so-called 'woman warriors'). Ideal text for students specialising in gender studies
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Debates; 1 The arena of feminism: Simone de Beauvoir and the history of feminism; 2 The arena of the body: The cyborg and feminist views on biology; 3 The arena of knowledge: Antigone and feminist standpoint theory; 4 The arena of disciplines: Gloria Anzaldúa and interdisciplinarity; 5 The arena of imaginings: Sarah Bartmann and the ethics of representation; 6 The arena of the colony: Phoolan Devi and postcolonial critique; 7 The arena of sexuality: The tomboy and queer studies
Description / Table of Contents:
PART II Disciplines8 Madonna's crucifixion and the woman's body in feminist theology; 9 The rising of Mary Magdalene in feminist art history; 10 Cindy Sherman confronting feminism and (fashion) photography; 11 Peter Pan's gender and feminist theatre studies; 12 Lara Croft, Kill Bill, and the battle for theory in feminist film studies; 13 Hacking Barbie in gendered computer culture; 14 Gender, history, and the politics of Florence Nightingale; 15 Hélène Swarth and the construction of masculinity in literary criticism; PART III Food for thought; 16 Dympna and the figuration of the woman warrior
Description / Table of Contents:
BibliographyIndex
Note:
First published 2007 by Coutinho Pub. in Duthch
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-283) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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