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Unlikeable Female Characters - The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate (Paperback)
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Unlikeable Female Characters - The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate (Paperback)
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How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over
pop culture and liberated women from having to be nice. Female
characters throughout history have been burdened by the moral trap
that is likeability. Any woman who dares to reveal her messy side
has been treated as a cautionary tale. Today, unlikeable female
characters are everywhere in film, TV, and wider pop culture. For
the first time ever, they are being accepted by audiences and even
showered with industry awards. We are finally accepting that women
are-gasp-fully fledged human beings. How did we get to this point?
Unlikeable Female Characters traces the evolution of highly
memorable female characters, from Samantha Jones as "The Slut" in
Sex and the City to the iconic Mean Girl, Regina George, examining
what exactly makes them popular, how audiences have reacted to
them, and the ways in which pop culture is finally allowing us to
celebrate the complexities of being a woman. Anna Bogutskaya, film
programmer, broadcaster, and co-founder of the horror film
collective and podcast The Final Girls, takes us on a journey
through popular film, TV, and music, looking at the nuances of
womanhood on and off-screen to reveal whether pop culture-and
society-is finally ready to embrace complicated women.
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Imprint: |
Sourcebooks
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Authors: |
Anna Bogutskaya
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Dimensions: |
208 x 138 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-72827-474-4 |
Categories: |
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Social sciences >
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LSN: |
1-72827-474-5 |
Barcode: |
9781728274744 |
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