| Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture Contributor(s): Crasnow, Sharon (Editor), Waugh, Joanne (Editor), Oliver, Kelly (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739172247 ISBN-13: 9780739172247 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $112.86 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 2012040753 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eight essays contained in Philosophical Feminism and Popular Culture explore the portrayal of women and various philosophical responses to that portrayal in contemporary post-civil rights society. The essays examine visual, print, and performance media-stand-up comedy, movies, television, and a blockbuster trilogy of novel. These philosophical feminist analyses of popular culture consider the possibilities, both positive and negative, that popular culture presents for articulating the structure of the social and cultural practices in which gender matters, and for changing these practices if and when they follow from, lead to, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of gender. The essays 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zack, Naomi: - Naomi Zack is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon. She is author of White Privilege and Black Rights: The Injustice of U.S. Police Racial Profiling and Homicide (R&L 2015), The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy (R&L 2011), Ethics for Disaster (R&L 2009), and Philosophy of Science and Race (Routledge 2002). |