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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade ReviewJoanne Waugh and Sharon Crasnow's volume is a valuable addition to contemporary feminist work. From 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' to television and beyond, the book helps the reader along with the underexamined intersection between feminism, philosophy and popular culture. The introduction is especially valuable as an explanatory piece on the sets of distinctions between popular art and other varieties. -- Jane Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara
Feminist philosophy gives attention to everyday life and social practices and the discourses that accompany these. Everyday popular culture remains an enormously influential source for both sexist constructions of women’s role and character as well as potent and vivid challenges to these. These essays by noted feminist philosophers range over topics including Black female comics, Sex and the City, Mad Men, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, and Battlestar Gallactica. They will enliven classroom discussions and be of interest to popular culture theorists as well as philosophers. -- Jane Caputi, author of Goddesses and Monsters: Women, Myrth, Power, and Popular Culture
Table of ContentsTable 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
