03223nam 2200601 450 991079755260332120191118111955.00-85773-999-90-7556-9397-31-78076-284-40-85772-691-910.5040/9780755693979(CKB)3710000000468464(EBL)2192250(MiAaPQ)EBC2192250(OCoLC)919297221(CaBNVSL)9780755693979(CaBNVSL)mat55693979(EXLCZ)99371000000046846420191118h20192015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBeing gorgeous feminism, sexuality and the pleasures of the visual. /Jacki WillsonFirst edition.London [England] :I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,2015.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (242 p.)International Library of Cultural Studies ;27Description based upon print version of record.1-78076-283-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-223) and index.Introduction: Being Gorgeous and Feminism -- Part One: Sexuality, Gender & the Art & Erotics of Visual Extravagance. 1 Drop Dead Gorgeous ; 2 Skin Deep -- Part Two: The Pleasure of the Visual (Being Gorgeous and the 'Low'). 3 Crinoline & Cupcakes ; 4 Powder Puff & Beauty Spots -- Part Three: Bitter-Sweet Poetry (Being Gorgeous and the 'High'). 5 The Paradoxical Body ; 6 The Sensual Body ; 7 Pleasure, Violence & the Sensual Spectacle ; 8 Creative Spectatorship & the Political Imagination -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.Being Gorgeous explores the ways in which extravagance, flamboyance and dressing up can open up possibilities for women to play around anarchically with familiar stereotypical tropes of femininity. This is protest through play - a pleasurable misbehaviour that reflects a feminism for the twenty-first century. Jacki Willson discusses how, whether through pastiche, parody, or pure pleasure, artists, artistes and indeed the spectators themselves can operate in excess of the restrictive images which saturate our visual culture. By referring to a wide spectrum of examples, including Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, Matthew Barney, Dr Sketchy's, Audacity Chutzpah, Burly Q and Carnesky's Ghost Train, Being Gorgeous demonstrates how contemporary female performers embody, critique and thoroughly relish their own representation by inappropriately re-appropriating femininity.International library of cultural studies ;27.Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)FemininitySex roleFeminism & feminist theoryFeminine beauty (Aesthetics).Femininity.Sex role.305.42Willson Jacki1542235IDEBKCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910797552603321Being gorgeous3794781UNINA