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What makes a woman ‘bad’ is commonly linked to certain
‘qualities’ or behaviours seen as morally or socially
corrosive, dirty and disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma
Commane critically explores the social, sexual and political
significance of women who are labelled ‘bad’, sluts or dirty.
Through a variety of case studies drawn from qualitative and
original ethnographic research, she argues that ‘Bad Girls’
disrupt heterosexual normativity and contribute new embodied
knowledge. From neo-burlesque, sex-positive and queer performance
art, to explicit entertainment and areas of popular culture;
Commane situates ‘bad’ women as sites of power, possibility and
success. Through the combination of case studies (Ms T, Empress
Stah and RubberDoll, Mouse and Doris La Trine), Gemma Commane
offers a challenge to those who think that sexual, slutty, bad, and
dirty women are not worth listening to. Significantly, she unpicks
the issues generated by women who are complicit in the subjugation,
policing and marginalization of ‘other’ women, both in popular
culture and in sites of subcultural resistance.
What makes a woman 'bad' is commonly linked to certain 'qualities'
or behaviours seen as morally or socially corrosive, dirty and
disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma Commane critically
explores the social, sexual and political significance of women who
are labelled 'bad', sluts or dirty. Through a variety of case
studies drawn from qualitative and original ethnographic research,
she argues that 'Bad Girls' disrupt heterosexual normativity and
contribute new embodied knowledge. From neo-burlesque, sex-positive
and queer performance art, to explicit entertainment and areas of
popular culture; Commane situates 'bad' women as sites of power,
possibility and success. Through the combination of case studies
(Ms T, Empress Stah and RubberDoll, Mouse and Doris La Trine),
Gemma Commane offers a challenge to those who think that sexual,
slutty, bad, and dirty women are not worth listening to.
Significantly, she unpicks the issues generated by women who are
complicit in the subjugation, policing and marginalization of
'other' women, both in popular culture and in sites of subcultural
resistance.
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