Women, feminism, and pop politics : from "bitch" to "badass" and beyond / edited by Karrin Vasby Anderson.

Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond examines the negotiation of feminist politics and gendered political leadership in twenty-first century U.S. popular culture. In a wide-ranging survey of texts-which includes memes and digital discourses, embodied feminist perfor...

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Other Authors: Anderson, Karrin Vasby (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2018]
Series:Frontiers in political communication ; v. 31.
Subjects:
Feminism > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Feminism.
Politics and government.
United States.
Feminismus.
USA.
Femmes et politique > États-Unis.
Idées politiques.
Physical Description:x, 356 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Hillary Clinton from "bitch" to "badass" / Karrin Vasby Anderson
  • Part I. Digital politics and embodied feminism(s)
  • Reimagining feminist dissent : memetic celebration and "the notorious R.B.G." / Katie L. Gibson
  • Smart and authentic : "Amy Poehler's smart girls" and mediating authentic girls / Belinda Stillion Southard
  • #Transisbeautiful : the polymediated, intersectional feminism of Laverne Cox / Danielle M. Stern
  • Feminist comedy's blond badass : Amy Schumer and the limits of white feminism / Valerie R. Renegar, Lacy Lowry, Kirsti Cole
  • Part II. Feminist political parody, satire, and infotainment
  • "How is this still a thing?" : the materialist feminism of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver / Mary Douglas Vavrus
  • How to be "fierce as f*&!" : Full Frontal's angry feminist satire / Tasha N. Dubriwny
  • Late night's funny feminists : the women of the Daily Show, satire, and postfeminism / Alyssa Samek
  • Relying on or repudiating stereotypes : Saturday night Live parodies of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton / Erika Falk
  • Part III. Feminist politicians in prime time
  • The Good Wife's fatalistic feminism : televised feminist failures in work/life balance, romance, and feminist alliances / Michaela D. E. Meyer
  • The two madam secretaries : Elizabeth McCord, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and mimetic representations of 21st century feminism / Allison M. Prasch
  • The badass and the president : Scandal's prime-time presidency / Carrie M. Murowski and Tasha N. Dubriwny
  • Burlesquing the veep : Veep's absurdist rejection of female presidentiality / Kristina Horn Sheeler
  • "Yes we can't not. Knope" : Parks and Recreation and the promise of comic feminist parody / Karrin Vasby Anderson
  • Conclusion: political women and the power paradox : the case of Hillary Clinton / Shawn J. Parry-Giles.