The aftermath of feminism : gender, culture and social change

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Title:

The aftermath of feminism : gender, culture and social change

Author:

McRobbie, Angela.

ISBN:

9780761970620

9780761970613

Personal Author:

McRobbie, Angela.

Publication Information:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, c2009.

Physical Description:

184 p. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Culture, representation and identity series

Series Title:

Culture, representation and identity series

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Post Feminism and Popular Culture: Bridget Jones and the New Gender Regime -- 2. Feminism Undone? The Cultural Politics of Disarticulation -- 3. Top Girls? Young Women and the New Sexual Contract -- 4. Illegible Rage: Post-Feminist Disorders -- 5. What Not to Wear; Post-Feminist Symbolic Violence -- 6. Conclusion: Inside and Outside the Feminist Academy.

Abstract:

Summary: "These essays show Angela McRobbie reflecting on a range of issues which have political consequence for women, particularly young women, in a context where it is frequently assumed that progress has been made in the last 30 years, and that with gender issues now 'mainstreamed' in cultural and social life, the moment of feminism per se is now passed. McRobbie trenchantly argues that it is precisely on these grounds that invidious forms of gender -re-stabilisation are able to be re-established. Consumer culture, she argues, encroaches on the terrain of so called female freedom, appears supportive of female success only to tie women into new post-feminist neurotic dependencies. These nine essays span a wide range of topics, including - the UK government's 'new sexual contract' to young women, - popular TV makeover programmes, - feminist theories of backlash and the 'undoing' of sexual politics, - feminism in a global frame - the 'illegible rage' underlying contemporary femininities."--Publisher description.

Subject Term:

Feminism.

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In this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, Angela McRobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and ′affirmative feminism′ and sets down a new theory of gender power. Challenging the most basic assumptions of the ′end′ of feminism, this book argues that invidious forms of gender re-stabilisation are being re-established. Consumer and popular culture encroach on the terrain of so-called female freedom, appearing supportive of female success, yet tying women into new post-feminist neurotic dependencies. With a scathing critique of ′women′s empowerment′, McRobbie has developed a distinctive feminist analysis that she uses to examine socio-cultural phenomena embedded in contemporary women′s lives: from fashion photography and the television ′make-over′ genre to eating disorders, body anxiety and ′illegible rage′.

A turning point in feminist theory, The Aftermath of Feminism will set a new agenda for gender studies and cultural studies.