1st Edition
Fictional Feminism How American Bestsellers Affect the Movement for Women's Equality
By Kim Loudermilk
Copyright 2004
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the ways in which second-wave feminism has been represented in American popular culture, and on the effects that these representations have had on feminism as a political movement. Kim Loudermilk provides close readings of four best-selling novels and their film adaptations. According to Loudermilk, each of these novels contains explicitly feminist characters and themes, yet... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Out of the ‘70s: Feminist Politics and Popular Fiction; Chapter 2 From The Women's Room to the Bedroom: Marilyn French's Feminist Fiction; Chapter 3 Sexual Suspects: Feminism According to Garp; Chapter 4 “Weak Sisters”: Feminism and The Witches of Eastwick; Chapter 5 “Consider the Alternatives”: Feminism and Ambivalence in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; conclusion Into the ‘90s: Fictional Feminism and Feminist Politics;
Biography
Kim A. Loudermilk is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Planning at Emory University.
