Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture
Subverting stereotypical images of women, a new generation of feminist artists is remaking the pin-up, much as Annie Sprinkle, Cindy Sherman, and others did in the 1970s and 1980s. As shocking as contemporary feminist pin-ups are intended to be, perhaps more surprising is that the pin-up has been appropriated by women for their own empowerment since its inception more than a century ago. Pin-Up Grrrls tells the history of the pin-up from its birth, revealing how its development is intimately...
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A visual history about how feminist artists have appropriated and incorporated the signification of the pin-up genre within their own work.
Introduction : defining/defending the "feminist pin-up"11Representing "awarishness" : the theatrical origins of the feminist pin-up girl272New women for the new century : feminism and the pin-up at the fin de siecle693The return of theatrical feminism : early-twentieth-century pin-ups on the stage, street, and screen1154Celebrating the "kind of girl who dominates" : film fanzines and the feminist pin-up1425New frontiers : sex, women, and World War II1856Pop goes the pin-up : new roles and readings in the postwar era2327Our bodies/ourselves : pin-ups in the wake of women's liberation2688From womyn to grrrls : the postmodern feminist pin-up311
\ From the Publisher“Pin-Up Grrrls is a funny, sexy, political take on the pin-up. In this book, women flaunt their sexuality, use images of themselves to their own ends, and remake the pin-up genre in endlessly creative ways.”—Susie Bright, author of Mommy’s Little Girl: On Sex, Motherhood, Porn, and Cherry Pie\ “Pin-ups that women love? That they create? Yes! In her brilliantly vibrant debut book, Maria Elena Buszek gives a lucid, rich, and thorough account of a nineteenth- and twentieth-century history in which women employ the power of erotic imagery to celebrate themselves. From the writing to the reproductions, Pin-up Grrrls is eye-opening.”—Joanna Frueh, performance artist and author of Swooning Beauty: A Memoir of Pleasure\ \ \
