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Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture
Yvonne Tasker
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Description for Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture
Paperback. Brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary "postfeminist" mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from female action films to the "girling" of aging women in productions such as the movie Something's Gotta Give and the British television series 10 Years Younger. Editor(s): Tasker, Yvonne; Negra, Diane. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
This timely collection brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary postfeminist mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from action films featuring violent heroines to the “girling” of aging women in productions such as the movie Something’s Gotta Give and the British television series 10 Years Younger. Broadly defined, “postfeminism” encompasses a set of assumptions that feminism has accomplished its goals and is now a thing of the past. It presumes that women are unsatisfied with their (taken for granted) legal and social equality and can find fulfillment only through practices of transformation and empowerment. Postfeminism is defined by class, age, ... Read more
This timely collection brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary postfeminist mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from action films featuring violent heroines to the “girling” of aging women in productions such as the movie Something’s Gotta Give and the British television series 10 Years Younger. Broadly defined, “postfeminism” encompasses a set of assumptions that feminism has accomplished its goals and is now a thing of the past. It presumes that women are unsatisfied with their (taken for granted) legal and social equality and can find fulfillment only through practices of transformation and empowerment. Postfeminism is defined by class, age, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Console-ing Passions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822340324
SKU
V9780822340324
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About Yvonne Tasker
Yvonne Tasker is a professor of film and television studies at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema and Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre, and the Action Cinema as well as the editor of Action and Adventure Cinema. Diane Negra is a professor of film and television studies at ... Read more
Reviews for Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture
“This collection is just what I’ve been looking for: a smart feminist analysis of the curious phenomenon of postfeminism. The editors and contributors provide ample and intelligent criticism of ‘commodity feminism’ and the lies of ‘self-empowerment’ in myriad makeover shows, plastic surgery ads, and female action films, without belittling the power, appeal, and sheer gusto of the myths of empowerment, ... Read more