Anthea Taylor

Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137373342
• Artikelnr.: 53150708

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

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Introduction.- 1. 'Blockbuster' feminism and celebrification.- Part I: The '60s and '70s Blockbuster and Ongoing Feminist Stardom.- 2. Helen Gurley Brown: Prototypical celebrity feminism, cultural intermediaries, and self-branding.- 3. Betty Friedan: The 'Mother' of feminism self-fashioning, and the celebrity mystique.- 4. Germaine Greer: 'The Star Feminism Had to Have', unruliness, and the adaptable celebrity.- Part II: The New Bestsellers, Online Media, and 'Branding' Feminism in the 21st Century.- 5. Naomi Wolf: Twitter and The Transformation of A Third- Wave Celebrity.- 6. Sheryl Sandberg and Roxane Gay: The Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Blockbuster Feminism.- 7. Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham: Celebrity memoirs, comedy, and digital activism.- Conclusion. The Future of Celebrity Feminism: Contemporary Celebrity Culture, The Blockbuster, and Feminist Star Studies

Rezensionen

"I highly recommend this empirically rich book which takes the novel approach of adapting a celebrity studies lens to these well-known feminist figures. Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster would be suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of celebrity studies, media and cultural studies, feminist and gender studies, and English." (Kaitlynn Mendes, Celebrity Studies, Vol. 9 (03), 2018)