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Book Synopsis
Continuing the celebration of female unruliness she began in The Unruly Woman, Karlyn explores how representations of mothers and daughters in popular films and television shows both reflect and contribute to current debates within and about feminism.

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This is a remarkable and deeply trenchant book, absolutely immersed in the cultural phenomenon it seeks to examine. Karlyn is a superb writer, and this lavishly illustrated, deeply thoughtful volume is a significant contribution to the existing literature on the subject. * Choice *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Bad Mothers, Angry Girls
  • 1. Postfeminism and the Third Wave: Titanic
  • 2. Trouble in Paradise: American Beauty and the Incest Motif
  • 3. Girl World: Clueless, Mean Girls, and The Devil Wears Prada
  • 4. Final Girls and Epic Fantasies: Remaking the World
  • 5. How Reese Witherspoon Walks the Line
  • 6. Teen-Girl Melodramas: My So-Called Life and Thirteen
  • 7. Girls of Color: Beyond Girl World
  • 8. The Motherline and a Wicked Powerful Feminism: Antonia's Line
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780292737549, 978-0292737549
      ISBN10: 0292737548

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Continuing the celebration of female unruliness she began in The Unruly Woman, Karlyn explores how representations of mothers and daughters in popular films and television shows both reflect and contribute to current debates within and about feminism.

      Trade Review
      This is a remarkable and deeply trenchant book, absolutely immersed in the cultural phenomenon it seeks to examine. Karlyn is a superb writer, and this lavishly illustrated, deeply thoughtful volume is a significant contribution to the existing literature on the subject. * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Bad Mothers, Angry Girls
      • 1. Postfeminism and the Third Wave: Titanic
      • 2. Trouble in Paradise: American Beauty and the Incest Motif
      • 3. Girl World: Clueless, Mean Girls, and The Devil Wears Prada
      • 4. Final Girls and Epic Fantasies: Remaking the World
      • 5. How Reese Witherspoon Walks the Line
      • 6. Teen-Girl Melodramas: My So-Called Life and Thirteen
      • 7. Girls of Color: Beyond Girl World
      • 8. The Motherline and a Wicked Powerful Feminism: Antonia's Line
      • Afterword
      • Notes
      • Works Cited
      • Index

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