| Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television Contributor(s): Rosewarne, Lauren (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739170007 ISBN-13: 9780739170007 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $131.67 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 612.662 |
| LCCN: 2012012650 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Menstruation seldom gets a starring role on screen despite being experienced regularly by nearly all women for a good many decades of their lives. Periods in Pop Culture: Menstruation in Film and Television, by Lauren Rosewarne, turns the spotlight on period portrayals in media, examining the presence of menstruation in a broad range of contemporary pop culture. Drawing on a vast collection of menstruation scenes from film and television, this study examines and categorizes representations to unearth what they reveal about society and about our culture's continuingly fraught relationship with female biology. Written from a feminist perspective, menstrual representations are analyzed for what they reveal about sexual politics and society. Rosewarne's thorough investigation covers a range of topics including menstrual taboos, stigmas and fears, as well as the inextricable link between periods and femininity, sexuality, ageing, and identity. Periods in Pop Culture highlights that the treatment of menstruation in the media remains an area of persistent gender inequality. |