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the new woman's fiction
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ferriss, Suzanne > [ed]
- Creator
- Young, Mallory > [ed]
- Contributor
- Benstock, Shari
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2006
- Thesaurus
- romans, alleenstaanden, media, populaire cultuur, seksualiteit, consumenten, zwarte vrouwen, feminisme, heteroseksualiteit, bundel
- Description
- From the bestselling Bridget Jones's Diary that started the trend to the television sensation Sex and the City that captured it on screen, 'chick lit' has become a major pop culture phenomenon. Banking on female audiences' identification with single, urban characters who struggle with the same life challenges, publishers have earned millions and even created separate imprints dedicated to the genre. Not surprisingly, some highbrow critics have dismissed chick lit as trashy fiction, but fans have argued that it is as empowering as it is entertaining. .The contributors in this volume explore the characteristics that cause readers to attach the moniker 'chick' to a particular book and what, if anything, distinguishes the category of chick lit from the works of Jane Austen on one end and Harlequin romance novels on the other. They critique the genre from a range of critical perspectives, considering its conflicted relationship with feminism and postfeminism, heterosexual romance, body image, and consumerism. The fourteen original essays gathered here also explore such trends and subgenres as 'Sistah Lit,' 'Mommy Lit,' and 'Chick Lit Jr.,' as well as regional variations.
black women, sexuality, and popular culture
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lee, Shayne
- Publish Year
- 2010
- Shelfmark
- VS 1M 2010 - B
- Thesaurus
- populaire cultuur, zwarte vrouwen, seksualiteit, theorieën, vrouwenstudies, identiteit, empowerment, feminisme, muziek, media, televisie
- Description
- In this book the author steers black sexual politics toward a more sex-positive trajectory. Introducing feminist analysis to a conceptual ménage à trois of scripting theory, media representation, and black sexual politics, Lee considers the ways in which the feminist quest for social and sexual equality can delve into popular culture to see the production of subversive scripts for female sexuality and erotic agency. Whereas most feminist scholarship underscores how sexual representations of black women in media are exploitative and problematic, Lee portrays black female celebrities like Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, Karrine Steffans, Zane, Tyra Banks, Juanita Bynum, Sheryl Underwood and many more as feminists of sorts who afford women access to cultural tools to renegotiate sexual identity and celebrate sexual agency and empowerment.
entanglements
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hagemann, Karen > [ed.]
- Creator
- Harsch, Donna > [ed.]
- Creator
- Brühöfener, Friederike > [ed.]
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- DUI 1E 2019 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, media, religie, gezondheid, familierecht, feminisme, vrouwenbewegingen, zwarte vrouwen, LHBT, vrouwelijkheid, mannelijkheid, bundel, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw
- Description
- Historians of gender in Germany have tended to treat East and West Germany in isolation, with little attention paid to intersections and interrelationships between the two countries. This collection synthesizes the perspectives of entangled history and gender studies, and investigates the ways in which East and West German gender relations were culturally, socially, and politically intertwined. Chapters on historiography, politics, policies, social movements, sexuality and media.
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