Postfeminisms : Feminism, Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms.
Title:
Postfeminisms : Feminism, Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms.
Author:
Brooks, Ann.
ISBN:
9780203428894
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Postfeminisms -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Challenging and fragmenting the consensus of the 'second wave' -- 1 Consensus and Conflict in Second Wave Feminism: Issues of Diversity and 'Difference' in Feminist Theorising -- Part II Feminism's 'turn to culture'-a paradigm shift in feminist theorising? -- 2 Challenging the Basis of the Feminist Epistemological Project -- 3 Foucault and Postfeminism: Discourse, Power and Resistance -- 4 Psychoanalytic Theory, Semiology and Postfeminism -- 5 The 'Landscape of Postfeminism': The Intersection of Feminism, Postmodernism and Post-Colonialism -- Part III Postfeminism and cultural form -- 6 Postfeminisms and Cultural Politics: Feminism, Cultural Difference and the Cultural Politics of the Academy -- 7 Postfeminism and Popular Culture: Representations and Resistance -- 8 Postfeminist Variations Within Media and Film Theory -- 9 Postfeminisms and Cultural Space: Sexuality, Subjectivity and Identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Once seen as synonymous with "anti-feminism" postfeminism i now understood as the theoretical meeting ground between feminism and anti-foundationalist movements such as postmodernism, post-structuralism and post-colonialsm. In this clear exposition of some of the major debates, theorists and practitioners, Ann Brooks shows how feminism is being redefined for the twenty first century. Individual chapters look at postfeminism in relation to feminist epistemology, Foucault, psychoanalytic theory and semiology postmodernism and postcolonialism, cultural politics, popular culture, film and media, and sexuality and identity For all students looking for guidance through the sometimes murky waters of contemporary feminist theory, this book wil provide a reassuring first port of call.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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