Doing Gender in Media, Art and Culture

by Buikema; Rosemarie

• ISBN13: 9780415493826
• ISBN10: 041549382X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Doing Gender in Media, Art and Cultureis an introductory text for students specialising in gender studies. The truly interdisciplinary and intergenerational approach bridges the gap between humanities and the social sciences, and it showcases the academic and social context in which gender studies has evolved. Complex contemporary phenomena such as globalisation, neo-liberalism and 'fundamentalism' are addressed that stir up new questions relevant to the study of culture. This vibrant and wide-ranging collection of essays is essential reading for anyone in need of an accessible but sophisticated guide to the very latest issues and concepts within gender studies. 'Doing Gender in Media, Art, and Culture'is an indispensable introduction to third wave feminism and contemporary gender studies. It is international in scope, multidisciplinary in method, and transmedial in coverage. It shows how far feminist theory has come since Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sexand marks out clearly how much still needs to be done.'........Hayden White, Professor of Historical Studies, Emeritus, University of California, and Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University, US

Table of Contents

Introduction

Debates

The Arena of Feminism: Simone de Beauvoir and the History of Feminism

The Arena of the Body: The Cyborg and Feminist Views on Biology

The Arena of Knowledge: Antigone and Feminist Standpoint Thinking

The Arena of Disciplines: Gloria Anzald7a and Interdisciplinarity

The Arena of Imaginings: Sarah Bartmann and the Ethics of Representation

The Arena of the Colony: Phoolan Devi and Postcolonial Critique

The Arena of Sexuality: the Tomboy and Queer Studies

Disciplines

The Crucifixion of Madonna and the Woman's Body in Feminist Theology

The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene in Feminist Art History

Cindy Sherman Confronting Feminism and (Fashion) Photography

The gender of Peter Pan and Feminist Theatre Studies

Lara Croft, Kill Bill and the Battle for Theory in Feminist Film Studies

Hacking Barbie in Feminist New Media Studies

The Politics of Florence Nightingale in Feminist Historiography

HTlFne Swarth and the Construction of Masculinity in Feminist Literary Criticism

Food for Thought

Dympna and the Figuration of the Woman Warrior

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