In a sparkling social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era's most iconic and influential dresses. While the story of women's liberation has often been framed by the...
Femininity in popular culture
- Author:Chrisman-Campbell, KimberlySummary:
- Author:Delvaux, Martine, De Lotbinière-Harwood, SusanneSummary:
Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls. On TV and in film, on the internet and in magazines, pop culture and ancient architecture, serial girls are all around us, moving in...
- Author:Milestone, KatieSummary:
This book examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of popular cultural forms - including popular music, newspapers and television - to illustrate...