Name: The Politics of Being a Woman
ISBN: 978-1-137-38466-9

Editors:

Heather Savigny (Senior Lecturer in Politics)⁰,
Helen Warner (Lecturer in Cultural Politics, Communications and Media Studies)¹

Heather Savigny
1. Media School, Bournemouth University, UK
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Helen Warner
1. University of East Anglia, UK
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xviii

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Introduction: The Politics of Being a Woman
1. Introduction: The Politics of Being a Woman
  
  Heather Savigny, Helen Warner
  
  Pages 1-24
The Politics of Politics in Popular Culture
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 25-25
  
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2. Seen and Not Heard: The Popular Appeal of Postfeminist Political Celebrity
  
  Emily Harmer
  
  Pages 27-48
3. ‘Honour is everything for Muslims’? Vendetta Song, Filmic Representation, Religious Identity and Gender Politics in Turkey
  
  Eylem Atakav
  
  Pages 49-63
The Politics of Politics: Role Models
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 65-65
  
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2. ‘I’m a Free Bitch Baby’, a ‘Material Girl’: Interrogating Audience Interpretations of the Postfeminist Performances of Lady Gaga and Madonna
  
  Oliver Brooks
  
  Pages 67-90
3. ‘A Place for Talking about Female Stars’: Exploring Versatility, Femininity and ‘Fantasy’ in Mother-Daughter Talk on Film Stars
  
  Sarah Ralph
  
  Pages 91-111
4. ‘Where Do You Go after Bridesmaids?’: The Politics of Being a Woman in Hollywood
  
  Helen Warner, Heather Savigny
  
  Pages 112-131
The Politics of Being a Woman in ‘Real Life’
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 133-133
  
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2. ‘I’d Rather Be Peggy than Betty’: Female Audience Responses to Mad Men
  
  Katixa Agirre
  
  Pages 135-153
3. Girls and Cultural Consumption: ‘Typical Girls’, ‘Fangirls’ and the Value of Femininity
  
  Victoria Cann
  
  Pages 154-174
4. Conclusion: Politics beyond Media and Popular Culture — I am a Feminist Because… A Manifesta
  
  Heather Savigny, Helen Warner
  
  Pages 175-194
5. Afterword
  
  Kat Banyard
  
  Pages 195-197
Back Matter

Pages 198-200

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About this book

What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited collection is driven by the question, why is feminism viewed by some (we would add a majority) as outdated, no longer necessary and having achieved its goals, and what role have the media played in this?

Keywords

Feminism
politics
media
popular culture
gender
culture
feminism
film
identity

Editors and Affiliations

Media School, Bournemouth University, UK

Heather Savigny
University of East Anglia, UK

Helen Warner

About the editors

Eylem Atakav, University of East Anglia, UK Katixa Agirre, Spain Kat Banyard, Founder of UK Feminista Oliver Brooks, University of East Anglia, UK Victoria Cann, University of East Anglia, UK Emily Harmer, Loughborough University, UK Sarah Ralph, University of East Anglia, UK Heather Savigny, Bournemouth University, UK Liesbet van Zoonen, Loughborough University, UK Helen Warner, University of East Anglia, UK

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Politics of Being a Woman
Book Subtitle: Feminism, Media and 21st Century Popular Culture
Editors: Heather Savigny, Helen Warner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384669
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38465-2Published: 15 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48098-2Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38466-9Published: 08 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 200
Topics: Cultural Studies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Media and Communication, Gender Studies

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction: The Politics of Being a Woman

The Politics of Politics in Popular Culture

Front Matter

The Politics of Politics: Role Models

Front Matter

The Politics of Being a Woman in ‘Real Life’

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Media School, Bournemouth University, UK

University of East Anglia, UK

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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