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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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sharon Crasnow (Editor), Sharon L. Crasnow (Editor), Joanne Waugh (Editor), Waugh Joanne (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9780739197776
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9777-6
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Western philosophy from c 1800, Feminism and feminist theory, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -