New femininities: postfeminism, neoliberalism and subjectivity

This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilities forproducing 'new' femininities in the twenty-first century. The volume includesa Preface by leading feminist scholar Angela McRobbie. ROSALIND GILL is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at the Centre for Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London, UK. She is author of 'Gender and the Media' (2007) and co-editor of 'Secrecy & Silence in the Research Process: Feminist reflections' (2009). CHRISTINA SCHARFF is Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College, London, UK. Her main research interests include gender, sexuality, neoliberalism and postfeminism which she explores from a critical, interdisciplinary and internationalperspective. Her monograph 'Repudiating Feminism' is forthcoming. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Preface; 'A.McRobbie' - Notes on Contributors -Introduction; 'C.Scharff' &' R.Gill' - PART I: SEXUAL SUBJECTIVITY AND THE MAKEOVER PARADIGM - Pregnant Beauty: Maternal Femininities under Neoliberalism; 'I.Tyler' - The Right to Be Beautiful: Postfeminist Identity and Consumer Beauty Advertising; 'M.M.Lazar' - Spicing It Up: Sexual Entrepreneurs and 'The SexInspectors'; 'L.Harvey & R.Gill' - '(M)Other-in-Chief: Michelle Obama and theIdeal of Republican Womanhood'; 'L.Guerrero' - Scourging the Abject Body: 'Ten Years Younger' and Fragmented Femininity under Neoliberalism; 'E.Tincknell' - PART II: NEGOTIATING POSTFEMINIST MEDIA CULTURE - Are You Sexy, Flirty, Or ASlut? Exploring 'Sexualisation' and How Teen Girls Perform/Negotiate Digital Sexual Identity on Social Networking Sites; 'J.Ringrose' - 'Feminism? That's So Seventies': Girls and Young Women Discuss Femininity and Feminism in 'America's Next Top Model'; 'A.L.Press' - Media 'Sluts': 'Tween' Girls' Negotiations of Postfeminist Sexual Subjectivities in Popular Culture; 'S.Jackson & T.Vares' - Is 'the Missy' a New Femininity?; 'J.Kim' - PART III: TEXTUAL COMPLICATIONS - Of Displaced Desires: Interrogating 'New' Sexualities abd 'New' Spaces in Indian Diasporic Cinema; 'B.Bose' - Notes on Some Scandals: The Politics of Shame in 'Vers le Sud'; 'S.Wearing' - The Limits of Cross-Cultural Analogy: Muslim Veiling and 'Western' Fashion and Beauty Practices; 'C.Pedwell' - PART IV: NEW FEMININITIES: AGENCY AND/AS MAKING DO - Through the Looking Glass? Sexual Agency and Subjectification Online; 'F.Attwood' - Reckoning with Prostitutes: Performing Thai Femininity; 'J.Haritaworn' - Migrant Women Challenging Stereotypical Views on Femininities and Family; 'U.Erel' - Negotiating Sexual Citizenship: Lesbians and Reproductive Health Care; 'R.Ryan-Flood' - PART V: NEW FEMINISMS, NEW CHALLENGES - The New German Feminisms: Of Wetlands and Alpha-Girls;'C.Scharff' - The Contradictions of Successful Femininity: Third-Wave Feminism, Postfeminism and 'New' Femininities; 'S.Budgeon' - Skater Girlhood: Resignifying Femininity, Resignifying Feminism; 'D.H.Currie, D.M.Kelly & S.Pomerantz'- Will These Emergencies Never End? Some First Thoughts about the Impact of Economic and Security Crises on Everyday Life; 'G.Bhattacharyya' - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22334-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido