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Title Twenty-first century feminism : forming and performing femininity / [edited by] Claire Nally, Northumbria University, UK ; Angela Smith, University of Sunderland, UK
Published Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 190 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction; Angela Smith -- 2. 'Strange Borrowing': Affective Neuroscience, Neoliberalism And The 'Cruelly Optimistic' Gendered Bodies In Crossfit, Leslie Heywood -- 3. Big Sister TV: Bossiness, Bullying And Banter In Early Twenty-First Century Make-Over Television, Angela Smith -- 4. Boredom And Reinvention For The Female Gaze Within Personal Fashion Blogs, Jennifer Anyan -- 5. 'In Full View': Involuntary Porn And The Post-Feminist Rhetoric Of Choice, Anne Burns -- 6. Miranda And Miranda: Comedy, Femininity And Performance, Rosie White -- 7. Flexible Femininities? Queering Kawaii In Japanese Girls' Culture, Makiko Iseri -- 8. Strange Case Of Woman's Vanishing Agency And Other Neo Victorian Tales Of Obfuscation And Effacement, Karen Sturgeon-Dodsworth
Summary "This collection of essays explores various aspects of feminism and femininity in a twenty-first century context. The articles address a number of contemporary issues: from the way in which women are represented in make-over shows, fashion blogs, and 'selfies', to the wider discourses that frame such representations, such as gym culture, pop culture, film and literature, as well as television sitcoms. Drawing on feminist theory and the emergence of 'fourth-wave feminism', the collection concludes that there is still much work to be done in terms of gaining gender equality in society"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Feminism and mass media.
Feminism -- History -- 21st century
Women in mass media.
Feminism & feminist theory.
Society & culture: general.
Media studies.
Gender studies, gender groups.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Feminism
Feminism and mass media
Women in mass media
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Nally, Claire, 1979- editor.
Smith, Angela, 1969- editor
ISBN 9781137492852
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9781137492845
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