Overloaded : popular culture and the future of feminism / Imelda Whelehan.
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TextPublication details: London : Women's Press, 2000.Description: x, 202 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0704346176
- Popular culture and the future of feminism
- 305.235 WHE
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 305.235 WHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000205881 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This volume examines the phenomenon of laddishness and the cult of the girlie in film, TV, advertising, music, politics, literature and society. It interprets these trends as a nostalgic longing for a pre-feminist society which, through the medium of comedy and irony, has been manipulated by popular media as a liberation from political correctness. Contrasting the culture icons of the 1990s with the 1970s tough chicks and the 1980s New Man and Have-It-All Woman, the book aims to show how the rhetoric of laddism emerged and how it has infused so many aspects of our cultural identity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-185) and index.