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Feminism and Cultural Studies
Published on 26. September 1991
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-04-445666-7 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of recent work in the spheres of feminism and cultural studies, this text is divided into three areas, namely representation and ideology, science and technology, and Thatcherism and the enterprise culture. The authors argue for the amalgamation of these areas in the analysis of contemporary culture, stating that this combination would be of value. Students of cultural studies, women's studies, sociology, film studies, literature and popular culture may find this book of interest.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-445666-7 (9780044456667)
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Content
Introduction: feminism and cultural studies - pasts, presents, futures, J.Stacy, et al; feminism, Marxism and Thatcherism, J.Stacy, et al. part 1 Representation and identity: melodrama's gendered audience, Angela Partington; open or closed - popular magazines and dominant culture, Helen Pleasance; having it all - feminism and the pleasure of the popular, Yvonne Tasker; reading the self - autobiography, gender and the Institution of the Literary, Celia Lury; is "Doing Nothing" just boys' play? - integrating feminist and cultural studies perspectives on working class young men's masculinity, Joyce E.Canaan. Part 2 Science and technology: science and technology - questions for cultural studies and for feminism, Maureen McNeil and Sarah Franklin; in the wake of the Alton Bill - science, technology and reproductive politics, The Science and Technology Subgroup. Part 3 Thatcherism and the enterprise culture: making and not making the difference - the gender politics of Thatcherism, Maureen McNeil; enterprising women - images of success in Thatcher's Britain, Janet Newman; enterprise fictions - women os substance, Estella Tincknell; redefining cultural identities, Evelyn Reid; promoting normality - Section 28 and the regulation of sexuality.