LEADER 04578nam 22005775 450 001 9910255246903321 005 20200703075924.0 010 $a1-137-37334-2 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-37334-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001080008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4811122 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-37334-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001080008 100 $a20170221d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCelebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster /$fby Anthea Taylor 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (308 pages) 311 $a1-137-37333-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. ?Blockbuster? feminism and celebrification -- Part I: The ?60s and ?70s Blockbuster and Ongoing Feminist Stardom -- 2. Helen Gurley Brown: Prototypical celebrity feminism, cultural intermediaries, and self-branding -- 3. Betty Friedan: The ?Mother? of feminism self-fashioning, and the celebrity mystique -- 4. Germaine Greer: ?The Star Feminism Had to Have?, unruliness, and the adaptable celebrity -- Part II: The New Bestsellers, Online Media, and ?Branding? Feminism in the 21st Century -- 5. Naomi Wolf: Twitter and The Transformation of A Third- Wave Celebrity -- 6. Sheryl Sandberg and Roxane Gay: The Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Blockbuster Feminism -- 7. Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham: Celebrity memoirs, comedy, and digital activism -- Conclusion. The Future of Celebrity Feminism: Contemporary Celebrity Culture, The Blockbuster, and Feminist Star Studies . 330 $a?Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster makes an important contribution to current debates about the media?s role in the construction of feminism and the popular appeal and celebritisation of female public intellectuals. The arguments made in this bold and engaging book require us to think again and think harder about both the values and the impact of celebrity feminism.? ? Anita Biressi, University of Roehampton, UK In the first book-length study of celebrity feminism, Taylor convincingly argues that the most visible feminists in the mediasphere have been authors of bestselling works of non-fiction: feminist ?blockbusters?.Celebrity and The Feminist Blockbuster explores how the authors of these popular feminist books have shaped the public identity of modern feminism, in some cases over many decades. Maintaining a distinction between women who are famous because of their feminism and those who later add feminism to their ?brand?, Taylor contends that Western celebrity feminism, as a political mode of public subjectivity, cannot in any simple way be seen as homologous with other forms of stardom. Moving deftly from the 1960s to the present, focusing on how feminist authors have actively worked to manufacture their public personas, she demonstrates that the blockbuster remains crucial to feminist celebrification but is now often augmented with digital media. Advancing celebrity studies by placing the figure of the feminist front and centre, Celebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster is essential reading for all those interested in gender, popular feminism, and the politics of renown. . 606 $aMotion pictures and television 606 $aFilm genres 606 $aPrinting 606 $aPublishers and publishing 606 $aSocial media 606 $aScreen Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413000 606 $aGenre$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413110 606 $aPrinting and Publishing$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/421000 606 $aSocial Media$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/412020 615 0$aMotion pictures and television. 615 0$aFilm genres. 615 0$aPrinting. 615 0$aPublishers and publishing. 615 0$aSocial media. 615 14$aScreen Studies. 615 24$aGenre. 615 24$aPrinting and Publishing. 615 24$aSocial Media. 676 $a305.42 700 $aTaylor$b Anthea$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01060783 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255246903321 996 $aCelebrity and the Feminist Blockbuster$92515592 997 $aUNINA