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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825502403321

Titolo

Cupcakes, pinterest, and ladyporn [[electronic resource] ] : feminized popular culture in the early twenty-first century / / edited by Elana Levine ; contributors, Jillian Baez [and fifteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, [Washington] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09766-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Feminist Media Studies

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Sex role

Popular culture

Feminism

Women in popular culture

Mass media and women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Passions -- Part II. Bodies -- Part III. Labors.

Sommario/riassunto

Media expansion into the digital realm and the continuing segregation of users into niches has led to a proliferation of cultural products targeted to and consumed by women. Though often dismissed as frivolous or excessively emotional, feminized culture in reality offers compelling insights into the American experience of the early twenty-first century. Elana Levine brings together writings from feminist critics that chart the current terrain of feminized pop cultural production. Analyzing everything from 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to Pinterest to pregnancy apps, contributors examine the economic, technological, representational, and experiential dimensions of products and phenomena that speak to, and about, the feminine.