Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Out of the '70s: Feminist Politics and Popular Fiction; 2. From The Women's Room to the Bedroom: Marilyn French's Feminist Fiction; 3. Sexual Suspects: Feminism According to Garp; 4. "Weak Sisters": Feminism and The Witches of Eastwick; 5. "Consider the Alternatives": Feminism and Ambivalence in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book focuses on the way in which second-wave feminism has been represented in American popular culture, and on the effects that these representations have had on feminism as a political movement
