Feminism, Femininity and Popular CultureIn this accessible introductory guide, the author identifies key feminist approaches to popular culture from the 1960s to the present and demonstrates how the relationship between feminism, femininity and popular culture has often been a troubled one. The book introduces the central ideas of both second-wave feminism and feminist cultural studies and demonstrates how they inform feminist debates about a range of popular forms and practices through a series of case studies: the woman's film; romantic fiction; soap opera; consumption and material culture; fashion and beauty practices; and youth culture and popular music. |
Contents
Secondwave feminism and femininity 29 | 2 |
Feminism cultural studies and popular culture | 19 |
Film studies and the womans film | 38 |
Reading romantic fiction | 68 |
Soap operas and their audiences | 89 |
Consumption and material culture | 112 |
Fashion and beauty practices | 137 |
Youth cultures and popular music | 161 |
Feminism in popular culture | 190 |
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