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Geek Chic: Smart Women in Popular Culture
Sherrie A. Inness
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Description for Geek Chic: Smart Women in Popular Culture
Paperback. Editor(s): Inness, Sherrie A. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Mainstream society has often had a deeply rooted fear of intelligent women. Why do brilliant women make society ill at ease? Focusing on the US, Sherrie Inness and contributors explore this question in the context of the last two decades, arguing that more intelligent women are appearing in popular culture than ever before.
Mainstream society has often had a deeply rooted fear of intelligent women. Why do brilliant women make society ill at ease? Focusing on the US, Sherrie Inness and contributors explore this question in the context of the last two decades, arguing that more intelligent women are appearing in popular culture than ever before.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403979032
SKU
V9781403979032
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Ref
99-15
About Sherrie A. Inness
SHERRIE A. INNESS is Professor of English at Miami University, USA. She is the author/editor of over a dozen books including Action Chicks (Palgrave 2004) and Secret Ingredients (Palgrave 2005).
Reviews for Geek Chic: Smart Women in Popular Culture
"A fun read, and a thought-provoking one at that." - Curled Up With a Good Book "[Inness] does an excellent job of showing how long girls culture has been shaping the gender of American women and how pervasively it does so." - The Lion and the Unicorn "A significant contribution to girls studies." - ... Read more