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Feminism and Cultural Studies Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

Feminism and Cultural Studies By Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

Feminism and Cultural Studies by Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

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Contains articles addressing questions on feminism and cultural studies. This book is organised thematically, and addresses commodification, women and labour, mass culture, fantasy, and ideas of home. It is useful to students and researchers in the humanities, particularly in the fields of cultural studies and women's studies.

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Feminism and Cultural Studies by Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important work on feminist issues, and concise, lively introductions to each volume crystallize the main lines of debate in the field. This collection, edited by Morag Shiach, brings together exciting work in feminism and cultural studies from different countries and different historical moments. It combines 'classic' articles with more recent work to offer an insight into the challenges and innovations of work within cultural studies. The collection is organised thematically in ways which illuminate the development of theoretical and political debates within feminism and cultural studies. Different traditions within cultural studies are brought into relation with each other to explore areas such as commodification, women and labour, mass culture, fantasy and ideas of home.

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A useful teaching tool for courses in cultural studies and an easily accessible guide to debates within the field for students embarking on women's studies and related courses * Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory *
It's interrogation is both theoretically sound and sensitive to the political possibilities of what it represents ... interesting and solid accounts of work in the field * Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory *

About Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)

Morag Shiach is Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London (see below for list of publications)

Table of Contents

Introduction ; Things to do with Shopping Centres ; Consumerism Reconsidered ; Shut Up and Dance ; Cast Upon Their Own Resources ; Dyes and Dolls ; The Death of the Profane ; Women Audiences and the Workplace ; Typical Girls? ; The Tale of Samuel and Jemima ; A Woman in London in the 1920s and 30s ; High Anxiety ; Women's Cinema as Counter Cinema ; Desperately Seeking Difference ; Black Women as Cultural Readers ; Women and Soap Opera ; Cosmetics and Abjection ; Family, Education, Photography ; Pedagogies of the Feminine ; 'Returning to Manderley' ; Romance and the Work of Fantasy ; Who's Read Macho Sluts? ; Disciplinary Desires ; 'Who Fancies Pakis?' ; 'As Housewives We Are Worms' ; Hygiene and Modernization ; Feminist Politics ; On Not Speaking Chinese ; From Hestia to Home Page

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GOR010464401
9780198752356
0198752350
Feminism and Cultural Studies by Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)
Morag Shiach (Reader in Cultural Studies, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)
Oxford Readings in Feminism
Used - Like New
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1999-03-25
610
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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