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Women's Rights: Reflections in Popular Culture

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Women's Rights: Reflections in Popular Culture

Contributors:

By (Author) Ann M. Savage

ISBN:

9781440839429

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Greenwood Press

Publication Date:

15th June 2017

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Human rights, civil rights

Dewey:

323.340904

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 235mm

Weight:

567g

Description

Covering from 1900 to the present day, this book highlights how female artists, actors, writers, and activists were involved in the fight for women's rights, with a focus on popular culture that includes film, literature, music, television, the news, and online media. Women's Rights: Reflections in Popular Culture offers a succinct yet thorough resource for anyone interested in the relationship between feminism, women's rights, and media. It is ideally suited for students researching popular culture's role in the modern history of women's rights and representation of women, women's rights, and feminism in popular culture. This insightful book highlights of some of the most important moments of women taking a stand for women throughout popular culture history. Each section focuses on an aspect of popular culture. The television section covers important benchmarks, such as Julia, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Roseanne, Murphy Brown, and Ellen. Coverage of films includes Christopher Strong, Foxy Brown, and Thelma & Louise; the literature section features the work of influential individuals such as Virginia Woolf, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison. The book celebrates early musical ground-breakers like Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith as well as contemporary artists Janelle Mone and Pussy Riot. The work of key women activistsincluding Margaret Sanger, Angela Davis, and Winona LaDukeis recognized, along with the unique ways women have used the power of the web in their continued effort to push for women's equality.

Author Bio

Ann M. Savage, PhD, is professor of critical communication and media studies at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.

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