Feminism Without Women: Culture and Criticism in a "Postfeminist" Age

by Tania Modleski

Overview

In a series of essays scrutinizing feminist and post-structuralists positions, Tania Modleski examines "the myth of postfeminism" and its operation in popular culture, especially popular film and cultural studies. (First published in 1991.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415904179
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/20/1991
Series:	Japanese Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tania Modleski is Professor of English at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Loving with a Vengeance and The Women Who Knew Too Much, both published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Modleski explores "the myth of postfeminism" in contemporary popular culture--especially popular film--and its ramifications on women, men and feminism. Arguing that the goals of feminism have been far from attained, she shows how women are once again being relegated to the sidelines, not only of society, but also of feminist discourse--only this time, it is feminism itself that threatens to marginalize women. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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