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Feminism, femininity, and popular culture

In this 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.
eBook, English, 2000
Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., 2000
1 online resource (229 pages)
9780719043956, 0719043956
989006842
Part I Introduction
1 Second-wave feminism and femininity 2
2 Feminism, cultural studies and popular culture 19 Part II Women's genres: texts and audiences
3 Film studies and the woman's film 38
4 Reading romantic fiction 68
5 Soap operas and their audiences 89 Part III Consumption practices and cultural identities
6 Consumption and material culture 112
7 Fashion and beauty practices 137
8 Youth cultures and popular music 161 Part IV Conclusions
9 Feminism in popular culture 190
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2017