The Politics of Being a Woman: Feminism, Media and 21st Century Popular Culture

by H. Savigny (Editor), H. Warner (Editor)

Overview

What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited collection is driven by the question, why is feminism viewed by some (we would add a majority) as outdated, no longer necessary and having achieved its goals, and what role have the media played in this?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137384652
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/15/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Eylem Atakav, University of East Anglia, UK Katixa Agirre, Spain Kat Banyard, Founder of UK Feminista Oliver Brooks, University of East Anglia, UK Victoria Cann, University of East Anglia, UK Emily Harmer, Loughborough University, UK Sarah Ralph, University of East Anglia, UK Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University, UK Liesbet van Zoonen, Loughborough University, UK Helen Warner, University of East Anglia, UK

Table of Contents

Foreword; Liesbet Van Zoonen 1. Introduction: The Politics of Being a Woman; Heather Savigny and Helen Warner 2. Seen and Not Heard: The Popular Appeal of Postfeminist Political Celebrity; Emily Harmer 3. Honour is Everything for Muslims? Vendetta Song, Filmic Representations, Religious Identity and Gender Politics in Turkey; Eylem Atakav 4. 'I'm a Free Bitch Baby', A 'Material Girl': Interrogating Audience Interpretations of the Postfeminist Performances of Lady Gaga and Madonna; Oliver Brooks 5. 'A Place for Talking about Female Stars': Exploring Versatility, Femininity and 'Fantasy' in Mother-Daughter Talk on Film Stars; Sarah Ralph 6. 'Where Do you Go after Bridesmaids?': The Politics of Being a Woman in Hollywood; Helen Warner and Heather Savigny 7. 'I'd Rather be Peggy than Betty': Female Audience Responses to Mad Men; Katixa Agirre 8. Girls and Cultural Consumption: 'Typical Girls', 'Fangirls' and the Value of Femininity; Victoria Cann 9. Beyond Media and Popular Culture: I'm a feminist if.....Manifesta; Heather Savigny and Helen Warner Afterword; Kat Banyard