Women on screen [electronic resource] : feminism and femininity in visual culture / edited by Melanie Waters.
Waters, Melanie, 1979-
2011
PN1995.9.W6 W666 2011eb
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Title
Women on screen [electronic resource] : feminism and femininity in visual culture / edited by Melanie Waters.
ISBN
9780230301979 (electronic book)
9780230229655
Publication Details
Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 243 p.)
Call Number
PN1995.9.W6 W666 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/6522
Summary
"A timely intervention into debates on the representation of feminist and feminine identities in contemporary visual culture. The essays in this collection interrogate how and why certain formulations of feminism and femininity are currently prevalent in mainstream cinema and television, offering new insights into postfeminist media phenomena"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Waters, Melanie, 1979-
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Women on screen.
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1: Generations
Nancy Meyers and Popular Feminism / K. Glitre
'I'm nothing like you!' Postfeminist generationalism and female stardom in the contemporary chick flick / S. Cobb
Alias: quality television and the new woman professional / R. White
The horrors of home: feminism and femininity in the suburban gothic / M. Waters
2: Sex and sexuality
Bad girls in crisis: the new teenage femme fatale / K. Farrimond
Butch Lesbians: televising female masculinity / H. Fenwick
'Challenging and alternative': screening queer girls on Channel 4 / M. Zeller-Jacques
3: Makeovers
Under the knife: feminism and cosmetic surgery in contemporary culture / S. Genz
Imperialist projections: manners, makeovers, and models of nationality / B.R. Weber
Femininity repackaged: postfeminism and Ladette to Lady / A. Mith
Performing postfeminist identities: gender, costume and transformation in teen cinema / S. Gilligan
4: Violence
Return of the 'Angry Woman': authenticating female physical action in contemporary cinema / L. Purse
Negotiating shifts in feminism: The 'Bad' girls of James Bond / L. Funnell
"A Caligula-like despot": matriarchal tyranny in The sopranos / A. Gething
A pathological romance: authority, expert knowledge and the postfeminist profiler / L. Steenberg
'A Caligula-like despot': matriarchal tyranny in The Sopranos / A. Gething.

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