WGST 1808 Chapter 2: READING NOTES - An Introduction to Feminisms in a Postfeminist Age (Jenny Coleman)
10 Feb 2017
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Think critically abt who was making representations about feminism, from what perspectives, & for what political agendas. Mainstream media now gives endorsement to a new feminism", which is basically about individual women & free choice. Favor of an individualized experiential version of feminism. Wave metaphor itself has been found to be problematic obscures continuities of feminisms. Mann & huffman waves of feminism should not be viewed as equivalent w/ the history of feminism but that waves are simply those historical eras when feminism had a mass base . So-called demise of feminism is linked to a rejection of the feminist label linked more specifically to a feminist backlash & to the rise of postmodern agendas. Sherryl vint recent films do not vilify feminism but try to make the concerns of feminism seem comedic by positing that we live in a postmodern gender utopia.
