Bad Girls and Transgressive Women in Popular Television, Fiction, and Film (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This collection of essays focuses on the representations of a variety of "bad girls"-women who challenge, refuse, or transgress the patriarchal limits intended to circumscribe them-in television, popular fiction, and mainstream film from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Perhaps not surprisingly, the initial introduction of women into Western cultural narrative coincides with the introduction of transgressive women. From the beginning, for good or ill, women have been depicted as insubordinate. Today's popular manifestations include such widely known figures as Lisbeth Salander (the "girl with the dragon tattoo"), The Walking Dead's Michonne, and the queen bees of teen television series. While the existence and prominence of transgressive women has continued uninterrupted, however, attitudes towards them have varied considerably. It is those attitudes that are explored in this collection. At the same time, these essays place feminist/postfeminist analysis in a larger context, entering into ongoing debates about power, equality, sexuality, and gender.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Julie Chappell • Mallory Young
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	289
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-47258-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	3-319-47258-5
Barcode:	9783319472584

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