This timely collection brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary postfeminist mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from action films featuring violent heroines to the. Postfeminism and popular culture angela mcrobbie introduction. Article information, pdf download for the politics of feminist research. Feminism, postmodernism and the real me angela mcrobbie.
Books by angela mcrobbie author of the aftermath of feminism. Special thanks to yinka shonibare for permission to use his work for the cover design and thanks also to sage editor julia. Angela mcrobbie young women and consumer culture an intervention this article is presented as an intervention in the field of feminist media and cultural studies with particular reference to consumer culture. Lecturer in gender, sexuality and cultural studies. Outlining the terms of a new sexual contract, angela mcrobbie traces the trajectory of feminism and sophisticated anti. One of the main reasons for choosing jackie for analysis is its great success as a weekly magazine. Angela mcrobbie and jenny garber girls and subcultures ii977 if ery llrt lh sllms to havc ccn writtcn ab.
Postfeminism and popular feminism feminist media histories. Young women and the sexual contract introduction ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honour to be asked to give this lecture tonight. It understands postfeminism to refer to an active process by which feminist gains of the 1970s and 80s come to be undermined. An elected fellow of the royal society of the arts, angela has provided a feminist critique of the fashion industry.
Angela mcrobbie is principal lecturer in sociology at thames valley university, london. I have recently been elected a fellow of the royal society of the arts frsa. Angela mcrobbie is reader in sociology at loughborough university of technology and is the author of postmodernism and popular culture routledge, 1994 and of fashion and the image. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf.
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For angela mcrobbie, author of the aftermath of feminism. As a leisure practice, a performance art and as a textual and representational form, dance continues. Since it first appeared in 1964 its sales have risen from an initial average of. Angela mcrobbie, the aftermath of feminism sage journals.
Alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it can be opened using a pdf. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf. Pdf this article proposes a recent acceleration in the nature and pace of work and employment in the. British fashion design explores the tensions between fashion as art form, and the demands of a ruthlessly commercial industry. In post feminism and popular culture feminist media studies 4, 2004 feminist cultural researcher angela mcrobbie argues that popular culture during the 9os is characterized by a set back from the achievements of the feminist movement. Angela mcrobbie, fba born 1951 is a british cultural theorist, feminist and commentator.
The aftermath of feminism gender, culture and social change angela mcrobbie mcrobbie 3756prelims. Professor angela mcrobbie goldsmiths, university of london. She has written extensively on popular culture, gender and youth culture, and is also a regular. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Each set presents a full contextualizing introduction by the editor. Alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it can be opened using a pdf reader.
If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Download theories of culture in postmodern times ebook free in pdf and epub format. In the 1990s, as a feminist media studies scholar, i was reflecting on gender and popular culture and found myself intrigued by the various ways in which the rhetoric of girl. Pdf theories of culture in postmodern times download.
Angela mcrobbie folk devils fight back the current set of moral panics being orchestrated by the conservative government surfaced early in february 1993 with the death of twoyearold. This article presents a series of possible conceptual frames for engaging with what has come to be known as postfeminism. It is surprising how negligent sociology and cultural studies have been of dance. At goldsmiths over the last decade my teaching has comprised. My use of the term sexual contract in this context is cultural rather than legalistic, and to be understood. Based on interviews and research conducted over a number of years, angela mc robbie. This article presents a series of possible conceptual frames for engaging with what. Rethinking moral panic for multimediated social worlds. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Pdf click to increase image size click to decrease. Larry gross editor international journal of communication usc. In this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, angela mcrobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and affirmative feminism and sets down a new theory of gender. In this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, angela mcrobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and affirmative feminism and sets down a new theory of gender power. Angela mcrobbie at goldsmiths, university of london.
Young women and the postfeminist sexual contract 1. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select. Thornton rethinking moral panic for multimediated social worlds abstract it is now over twenty years since the wellestablished sociology of deviance along. Sound recording, postproduction and design and has been a sound designer, recordist and film editor. Pdf on nov 1, 2004, angela mcrobbie and others published postfeminism and popular culture find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Angela mcrobbie, fba born 1951 is a british cultural theorist, feminist and commentator whose work combines the study of popular culture, contemporary media practices and feminism.
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