Feminism Without Women: Culture and Criticism in a "Postfeminist" AgeIn a series of essays scrutinizing feminist and post-structuralists positions, Tania Modleski examines "the myth of postfeminism" and its operation in popular culture, especially popular film and cultural studies. (First published in 1991.) |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictFeminist critic Modleski, author of four titles on women and media (e.g., The Women Who Knew Too Much , Routledge, 1987), here takes on the assumptions of her "postfeminist'' contemporaries who, she ... Read full review
Contents
FEMININITY AS MASSQUERADE | |
SOME FUNCTIONS OF FEMINIST CRITICISM | |
A FATHER IS BEING BEATEN MALE | |
RACE GENDERANDSEXUALITY CHAPTERSEVEN CINEMA AND THEDARK CONTINENT RACE AND GENDER INPOPULAR FILM | |
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| Title | Feminism Without Women: Culture and Criticism in a "Postfeminist" Age |
| Author | Tania Modleski |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2014 |
| ISBN | 113520098X, 9781135200985 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › Art / Popular Culture Social Science / Media Studies |
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