Anita Harris (ed.)

Next Wave Cultures

Feminism, Subcultures, Activism
Herausgeber: Harris, Anita

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides an interdisciplinary examination of young women's multilayered lives. This collection demonstrates that young women have different ways of taking on politics and culture that may not be recognizable under more traditional paradigms, but deserve to be identified as socially engaged and potentially transformative nonetheless.

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This new collection provides an interdisciplinary examination of young women¿s multilayered lives. Contributors from various fields wrestle with both subculture theory and feminism in an attempt to understand contemporary strategies for connection and social action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415957090
• ISBN-10: 0415957095
• Artikelnr.: 22784452

Autorenporträt

Anita Harris is Associate Professor at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Youth Cultures and Feminist Politics: An Introduction'
Anita Harris Section 1: Hustling, Fighting, Surfing and Sex: Infiltrating
Masculine Domains 1. 'What is this Gangstressism in Popular Culture?'Angie
Colette Beatty 2. 'TGG: Girls, Street Culture and Identity' Dorothy
Bottrell 3. 'Third Wave Feminism, the Global Economy, and Women's Surfing:
Sport as Stealth Feminism in Girls' Surf Culture' Leslie Heywood 4.
'Rescuing a Theory of Adolescent Sexual Excess: Young Women and Wanting'
Sara I. McClelland and Michelle Fine Section 2: Creating Spaces 5. 'The
Empowered Fe Fes' Susan Nussbaum 6. 'Femininities as Commodities: Cam Girl
Culture' Amy Dobson 7. 'Reflections: For those who Reflect' Feda Abdo,
Rayann Bekdache, Samah Hadid, Mehal Krayem and Tara Pengilly Section 3: New
Activisms: Cultural and Political 8. 'Connecting the Dots: Riot Grrrls,
Ladyfests, and the International Grrrl Zine Network' Kristin Schilt and
Elke Zobl 9. '(R)Evolutionary Healing: Jamming with Culture and Shifting
the Power' Carly Stasko 10. 'Feminism, Youth Politics and Generational
Change' Chilla Bulbeck and Anita Harris 11. 'Young Women and Social Action
in the UK' Debi Roker