In Focus: Postfeminism and Contemporary Media Studies

The authors introduce a set of four essays in the Winter 2005 issue of "Cinema Journal." The essays were inspired by a desire to see how scholars from both sides of the Atlantic would address a concept that is currently fostering rich debates. They articulate and analyze how for media stud...

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Published in:Cinema journal 2005-01, Vol.44 (2), p.107-110
Main Authors: Tasker, Yvonne, Negra, Diane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Analysis
Audiences
Critical theory
Cultural factors
Debates
Empowerment
Eroticism
Females
Feminism
Feminism and literature
Feminist literature
Gender
Genre
Media coverage
Media Studies
Motion pictures
Negotiation
Political factors
Popular culture
Rhetoric
Women
Writing
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Summary:The authors introduce a set of four essays in the Winter 2005 issue of "Cinema Journal." The essays were inspired by a desire to see how scholars from both sides of the Atlantic would address a concept that is currently fostering rich debates. They articulate and analyze how for media studies "postfeminism" seemed to be hiding in plain sight. Each of the essays seeks to frame postfeminist texts and archetypes within a strongly argued feminist frame of reference. All four contributors deal in different ways with questions of generation and/or periodization. They set out the parameters of the term for those working in feminist media studies and begin to consider what is at stake in a representational environment that increasingly posits postfeminism as a feature of the general cultural frame.
ISSN:0009-7101
1527-2087
2578-4900
1527-2087
DOI:10.1353/cj.2005.0012