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April 1, 1992Choice Reviews Online669 citations

Feminism without women: culture and criticism in a "postfeminist" age

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Key Points

  • This work examines the role of feminism and gender representation in contemporary culture, particularly in a postfeminist context.
  • Theoretical analysis of film and cultural texts
  • Critique of masculinity and male feminism
  • Exploration of intersections between race, gender, and sexuality in popular media
  • Identifies the complexities of femininity and masculinity in film narratives
  • Highlights the role of male feminism in shaping cultural discourses
  • Explores the implications of race and gender representation in contemporary cinema

Abstract

I. Theory and Methodology 1. Postmortem on Postfeminism 2. Femininity as Mas(s)querade 3. Some Functions of Feminist Criticism or, the Scandal of the Mute Body II. Masculinity and Male Feminism 4. A Father Is Being Beaten: Male Feminism and the War Film 5. Three Men and a Baby M 6. The Incredible Shrinking He(r)man: Male Regression, the Male Body, and Film III. Race, Gender, and Sexuality 7. Cinema and the Dark Continent: Race and Genre in Popular Film 8. Lethal Bodies: Thoughts on Sex, Gender, and Representation from teh Mainstream to the Margins

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09a9ae4b13cba7925157f0https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.29-4319
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