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Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster

Anthea Taylor (Autor)

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306 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-37333-5 (ISBN)

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In the first book-length study of celebrity feminism, Anthea Taylor convincingly argues that the most visible feminists in the mediasphere have been authors of bestselling works of non-fiction: feminist `blockbusters’. Celebrity and The Feminist Blockbuster explores how the authors of these popular feminist books have shaped the public identity of modern feminism, in some cases over many decades. Maintaining a distinction between women who are famous because of their feminism and those who later add feminism to their `brand’, Taylor contends that Western celebrity feminism, as a political mode of public subjectivity, cannot in any simple way be seen as homologous with other forms of stardom. Moving deftly from the 1960s to the present, focusing on how feminist authors have actively worked to manufacture their public personas, she demonstrates that the blockbuster remains crucial to feminist celebrification but is now often augmented with digital media. Advancing celebrity studies by placing the figure of the feminist front and centre, Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster is essential reading for all those interested in gender, popular feminism, and the politics of renown.

Anthea Taylor lectures in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Mediating Australian Feminism (2008) and Single Women in Popular Culture: The Limits of Postfeminism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), as well as numerous journal articles in feminist media and cultural studies.

Introduction.- 1. `Blockbuster’ feminism and celebrification.- Part I: The `60s and `70s Blockbuster and Ongoing Feminist Stardom.- 2. Helen Gurley Brown: Prototypical celebrity feminism, cultural intermediaries, and self-branding.- 3. Betty Friedan: The `Mother’ of feminism self-fashioning, and the celebrity mystique.- 4. Germaine Greer: `The Star Feminism Had to Have’, unruliness, and the adaptable celebrity.- Part II: The New Bestsellers, Online Media, and `Branding’ Feminism in the 21st Century.- 5. Naomi Wolf: Twitter and The Transformation of A Third- Wave Celebrity.- 6. Sheryl Sandberg and Roxane Gay: The Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Blockbuster Feminism.- 7. Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham: Celebrity memoirs, comedy, and digital activism.- Conclusion. The Future of Celebrity Feminism: Contemporary Celebrity Culture, The Blockbuster, and Feminist Star Studies

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	X, 306 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	5106 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Amy Poehler • Bad Feminist • Betty Friedan • celebrity feminism • Germaine Greer • Helen Gurley Brown • Lena Dunham • Naomi Wolf • popular feminism • popular feminist books • Publishing • Roxane Gay • Second-Wave Feminism • Sex and the Single Girl • Sheryl Sandberg • Social Media • The Female Eunuch • The Feminine Mystique • Third-Wave Feminism • Vagina
ISBN-10	1-137-37333-4 / 1137373334
ISBN-13	978-1-137-37333-5 / 9781137373335
Zustand	Neuware