Description: This volume seeks to offer a critical, innovative and empirically driven interrogation of the international political economy of cultures of production and consumption in Western market societies, investigating the reproduction of Western popular and commercial culture (including its products and representations) alongside analysis of representations of and attitudes towards feminism in contemporary Western societies.
Review Quotes:
'Why is it so hard to come out as a feminist? In this innovative deployment of feminist curiosity Penny Griffin links together the supposedly disparate realms of international political economy and popular culture, showing how they work hard to make "anti-feminism" the new normal.' - Terrell Carver, University of Bristol, UK
'Violence and male heroes are omnipresent in popular culture. In this innovative and important new book Penny Griffin reveals how they are part of much deeper entrenched and highly problematic gender stereotypes that shape both our identities and our politics.' - Roland Bleiker, Professor of International Relations, University of Queensland
'This is a book brimming with curiosity about the intricate connections between feminism, popular culture and IPE. Griffin has taken the time to weave an accessible and lively path between the 'popular' and the 'academic'. Highly illuminating and energising.' - Professor Marysia Zalewski, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
"Her research into anti-feminism and popular culture provides readers with a strong insight into the 'vibrant yet fragmented' nature of feminism today and with hope about its future. In this sense, another triumph of Griffin's book is its resistance to normative understandings of social media as being a place for narcissistic millennials. I would like to see more written about the relationship between feminism and social media, perhaps with a stronger emphasis on its ability to carve out spaces for resistance online."
- Amelia Morris, University of Birmingham, UK