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The eight essays contained in this book explore the portrayal of women, and various philosophical responses to that portrayal in contemporary post-civil rights society. They bring feminist voices to the conversation about gender and attests to the importance of feminist critique in what is sometimes claimed to be a post-feminist era.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Philosophers and Popular Culture
Chapter 1: The Seriously Erotic Politics of Laughter: Bitches, Whores, and Other Fumerists
Chapter 2: Black Female Crossover Comedy: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Freedom
Chapter 3: Pregnancy as Choice and Excess
Chapter 4: So Whatever Happened to Those Philosopher Queens? Plato and Feminism in Sex and the City
Chapter 5: Power and Aggression: Reflections on the Women of Battlestar Galactica
Chapter 6: Why Does Mad Men Make Us So Mad?
Chapter 7: The Girl Who Made Us Think About Anatomy
Chapter 8: Who's Afraid of Naomi Wolf? Feminism in Post-Feminist Fashion
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Sharon Crasnow and Joanne Waugh - Contributions by Kelly Oliver; Cynthia Willett; Julie Willett; Naomi Zack; Anne-Marie Schultz; Jennifer Ingle and Lenore Wright
Summary
The eight essays contained in this book explore the portrayal of women, and various philosophical responses to that portrayal in contemporary post-civil rights society. They bring feminist voices to the conversation about gender and attests to the importance of feminist critique in what is sometimes claimed to be a post-feminist era.
