Feminism, Femininity and Popular Culture
Accessible, introductory student guide which identifies key feminist approaches to popular culture from the 1960s to the present.. The only introduction to both feminist cultural studies and feminism and popular culture published in the UK.. Presents its information in a reader friendly series of case studies on:\ women's film romantic fiction soap opera consumption and material culture fashion and beauty proactices youth culture and popular music. Will appeal to students across a wide range...
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Hollows (humanities, Nottingham Trent U., UK), basing her analysis on ideas grounded in the "second-wave" feminism that emerged in the 1960s and 70s, surveys the engagement of feminism with academic studies of popular culture and with the popular itself. She argues that there has been a shift from a situation in which feminists positioned themselves as outside of and against the popular to one in which feminists have considered not only how different popular forms and practices may privilege feminine practices that have traditionally been devalued, but also explored how feminism itself has entered the popular. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgementsPt. IIntroduction1Second-wave feminism and femininity22Feminism, cultural studies and popular culture19Pt. IIWomen's genres: texts and audiences3Film studies and the woman's film384Reading romantic fiction685Soap operas and their audiences89Pt. IIIConsumption practices and cultural identities6Consumption and material culture1127Fashion and beauty practices1378Youth cultures and popular music161Pt. IVConclusions9Feminism in popular culture190References205Index221
