{"product_id":"cupcakes-pinterest-and-ladyporn-9780252081088","title":"Cupcakes Pinterest and Ladyporn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An enlightening consideration of the ways women consume media.\"--\u003ci\u003eBust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Taken as a whole, \u003ci\u003eCupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn\u003c\/i\u003e reads as a roundtable discussion on new roads ahead for feminist media and cultural studies more deeply concerned with issues of gender, race, and sexuality than ever.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Velvet Light Trap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCupcakes\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the seemingly most traditional forms of popular culture, the sites that appear to simply reify normative femininity, are actually locations for complex and agentic negotiations of gendered, raced, and classed expectations in the often contradictory field of popular culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eSigns\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Through its manifold critiques of digital media, cultural products, and gendered spaces, \u003ci\u003eCupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn\u003c\/i\u003e has the potential to reinvigorate contemporary scholarship in feminist media studies and bring \"feminized cultures\" back into focus.\"--\u003ci\u003eFeminist Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating time capsule of the activities and perceptions of women in the early 21st century in an environment that nurtures and celebrates phenomena such as E. L. James's \u003ci\u003eFifty Shades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrity gossip blogs, and the Kardashians. Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By foregrounding the complexity of gender in a postfeminist culture increasingly opposed to gender-specific analysis, Levine reminds us that these projects of feminist media analysis are as important in the 21st century as they were during the early days of feminist studies. . . . Levine's collection provides a fresh, updated look at feminized pop culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eFeminist Collections\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Levine has assembled a comprehensive set of smart, accessible, and interesting essays that truly capture 'feminized' popular culture in the early twenty-first century United States. This will be the definitive volume on 'post-feminist' popular cultural productions for some time to come.\"--Rebecca Wanzo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Suffering Will Not Be Televised: African American Women and Sentimental Political Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise, engaged, and fascinating set of analyses on things feminine, female, and feminist in the context of popular media culture. The book is headed by a truly insightful introductory essay from Elana Levine and filled with consistently provocative and unique essays that artfully make the case for the many ways in which gender is central to the production, reception, and content of media. If you've ever wondered how new media forms like Twitter and Facebook have bigger implications for gender relations, this book is for you.\"--Brenda R. Weber, author of \u003ci\u003eMakeover TV: Selfhood, Citizenship, and Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In a provocative return to a topic dominant in early feminist media and cultural studies, \u003ci\u003eCupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn\u003c\/i\u003e helps us to understand better the pleasures and politics of feminine popular culture at a time when its creators and consumers are negotiating both feminist and postfeminist sensibilities.--Mary Celeste Kearney, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Gender and Media Reader\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400499994967,"sku":"9780252081088","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252081088.jpg?v=1730470833","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cupcakes-pinterest-and-ladyporn-9780252081088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}