Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics

Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond examines the negotiation of feminist politics and gendered political leadership in twenty-first century U.S. popular culture.

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Karrin Vasby Anderson (PhD in Communication, Indiana University) is Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University and co-author of Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Cultureand Governing Codes: Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity. She is the recipient of the National Communication Association's James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, the Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award in Political Communication from the Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, and the Feminist Scholarship Award from the Organization for Research on Women and Communication.

Zusammenfassung
Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond examines the negotiation of feminist politics and gendered political leadership in twenty-first century U.S. popular culture.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments Karrin Vasby Anderson: Introduction: Hillary Clinton From "Bitch" to "Badass" Part I: Digital Politics and Embodied Feminism(s) Katie L. Gibson: Reimagining Feminist Dissent: Memetic Celebration and "The Notorious R.B.G." Belinda Stillion Southard: Smart and Authentic: "Amy Poehler's Smart Girls" and Mediating Authentic Girls Danielle M. Stern: #TransIsBeautiful: The Polymediated, Intersectional Feminism of Laverne Cox Valerie R. Renegar/Lacy Lowrey/Kirsti Cole: Feminist Comedy's Blond Badass: Amy Schumer and the Limits of White Feminism Part II: Feminist Political Parody, Satire, and Infotainment Mary Douglas Vavrus: "How Is This Still a Thing?" The Materialist Feminism of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Tasha N. Dubriwny: How to Be "Fierce as F*&!": Full Frontal's Angry Feminist Satire Alyssa Samek: Late Night's Funny Feminists: The Women of The Daily Show, Satire, and Postfeminism Erika Falk: Relying on or Repudiating Stereotypes: Saturday Night Live Parodies of Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Part III: Feminist Politicians in Prime Time Michaela D.E. Meyer: The Good Wife's Fatalistic Feminism: Televised Feminist Failures in Work/Life Balance, Romance, and Feminist Alliances Allison M. Prasch: The Two Madam Secretaries: Elizabeth McCord, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mimetic Representations of Twenty-First Century Feminism Carrie M. Murawski/Tasha N. Dubriwny: The Badass and the President: Scandal's Prime-Time Presidency Kristina Horn Sheeler: Burlesquing the Veep: Veep's Absurdist Rejection of Female Presidentiality Karrin Vasby Anderson: "Yes We Can't Not. Knope.": Parks and Recreation and the Promise of Comic Feminist Parody Shawn J. Parry-Giles: Conclusion: Political Women and the Power Paradox: The Case of Hillary Clinton Contributors Index.