Bad girls : cultural politics and media representations of transgressive women

Bad girls : cultural politics and media representations of transgressive women / A. Susan Owen, Sarah R. Stein, and Leah R. Vande Berg.

Author/creator	Owen, A. Susan, 1953-
Other author/creator	Vande Berg, Leah R.
Other author/creator	Stein, Sarah R.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Peter Lang, ©2007.
Description	xix, 261 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Women--United States --Social conditions --21st century. Women in popular culture--United States. Women in motion pictures. Women on television. Feminism--United States. Anti-feminism. Feminist criticism.

Series	Frontiers in political communication ; v. 6, 1525-9730 ; Frontiers in political communication v. 6. ^A691459
Contents	Foreword: The politics of representation / Bruce Gronbeck -- Introduction: Why we write -- Hijacking feminism in post-Vietnam cinema : tough women and tangled memory -- Hacking women : the politics of disconnect -- Leaving the mothership : postmodernity and postfeminism in Ally McBeal and Sex and the city -- Designing women as consumers-- again : gender and the myth of the level playing field in the information age -- Oh, to be given a sporting chance-- : televisual representations of women in the world of sports news -- It's a dick thing : ambivalent coding of American female soldiers in Gulf War narratives -- Epilogue: An open letter from the second wave mothership.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006100650
ISBN	9780820461502 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820461504 (pb : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ1421.O94 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold