Description:
Over the past fifty years, feminism has revolutionized the lives of American women. Yet much of our popular culture seems to be set in an alternate universe filled with retro images of femininity: suburban Stepford wives, maniacal career women, and alluring amnesiacs. Feminism and Popular Culture investigates why contemporary media is being haunted by the ghosts of feminism's past--and considers what this means for its future.
Review Quotes: "Munford and Waters have done a brilliant job of excavating the multiple ways that mass media has sought to push feminism into the past. This is a book that will appeal in different ways to scholars and students across generations and across disciplines."--Nancy Hewitt "editor of No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism" (8/26/2013 12:00:00 AM)