Watching rape film and television in postfeminist culture
Looking at popular culture from 1980 to the present, feminism appears to be ""over"": that is, according to popular critics we are in an era of ""postfeminism"" in which feminism has supposedly already achieved equality for women. Not so, says Sarah Projansky....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2001.
New York, NY : [2001] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803298706719 |
| Summary: | Looking at popular culture from 1980 to the present, feminism appears to be ""over"": that is, according to popular critics we are in an era of ""postfeminism"" in which feminism has supposedly already achieved equality for women. Not so, says Sarah Projansky. In Watching Rape , Projansky undermines this complacent view in her fascinating and thorough analysis of depictions of rape in U.S. film, television, and independent video. Through a cultural studies analysis of such films as Thelma and Louise , Daughters of the Dust , and She's Gotta Have It , and television shows like ER , Ally McBeal |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814768716 |
