Cultural Sexism - The politics of feminist rage in the #metoo era

Heather Savigny highlights five key traits of cultural sexism - violence, silencing, meritocracy and masculinity - prevalent across the media, entertainment and cultural industries that keep sexist values firmly within popular consciousness.
She traces the development of key feminist thinkers before demonstrating how the normalisation of misogyny perpetuates patriarchal values within our everyday social and cultural landscape. She argues that we need to understand why #MeToo was necessary in order to bring about meaningful change.

About the author

Heather Savigny is Professor of Gender, Media and Politics at De Montfort University.

Summary

Savigny examines how the prevalence of sexism and misogyny across the media, entertainment and cultural industries keeps sexist values firmly within popular consciousness. She traces the development of key feminist thinking and explores what we can do next after the #MeToo era.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Savigny
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781529206449
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0644-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 370 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education