1
/
of
1
Oxford University Press, USA
Modern Misogyny: Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era
Modern Misogyny: Anti-Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era
Regular price
€38,95 EUR
Regular price
Sale price
€38,95 EUR
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Quantity
Couldn't load pickup availability
Pundits and politicians often opine on the irrelevance of feminism and the women's movement today. Some commentators describe the state of feminism as post-feminist, alongside equally questionable claims of Barack Obama's election as signaling a post-racial America. Modern Misogyny
examines contemporary anti-feminism in a post-feminist era. It considers the widespread notion that the feminist movement has ended, in large part because the work of feminism has been completed. In fact, the argument goes, women have been so successful in achieving equality, it is now men who
currently are at risk of becoming irrelevant and unnecessary. These sentiments make up modern anti-feminism. Modern Misogyny argues that equality has not been fully achieved and that anti-feminism is now packaged in a more palatable, but stealthy form. This book addresses the nature, function, and
implications of modern anti-feminism in the United States. Modern Misogyny explores the landscape of popular culture and politics, emphasizing relatively recent moves away from feminist activism to individualism and consumerism where self-empowerment represents women's progress. It also explores the retreat to traditional gender roles after September 11,
2001. It interrogates the assumption that feminism is unnecessary, that women have achieved equality, and therefore those women who do insist on being feminists want to get ahead of men. Finally, it takes a fresh look at the positive role that feminism plays in today's post-feminist era, and how
feminism does and might function in women's lives. Post-feminist discourse encourages young women to believe that they were born into a free society, so if they experience discrimination, it is an individual, isolated problem that may even be their own fault. Modern Misogyny examines that rendering of feminism as irrelevant and as the silencing and
marginalizing of feminists. Anderson calls for a revived feminism that is vigilant in combatting modern forms of sexism.
Author: Kristin J. Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/23/2014
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780199328178
examines contemporary anti-feminism in a post-feminist era. It considers the widespread notion that the feminist movement has ended, in large part because the work of feminism has been completed. In fact, the argument goes, women have been so successful in achieving equality, it is now men who
currently are at risk of becoming irrelevant and unnecessary. These sentiments make up modern anti-feminism. Modern Misogyny argues that equality has not been fully achieved and that anti-feminism is now packaged in a more palatable, but stealthy form. This book addresses the nature, function, and
implications of modern anti-feminism in the United States. Modern Misogyny explores the landscape of popular culture and politics, emphasizing relatively recent moves away from feminist activism to individualism and consumerism where self-empowerment represents women's progress. It also explores the retreat to traditional gender roles after September 11,
2001. It interrogates the assumption that feminism is unnecessary, that women have achieved equality, and therefore those women who do insist on being feminists want to get ahead of men. Finally, it takes a fresh look at the positive role that feminism plays in today's post-feminist era, and how
feminism does and might function in women's lives. Post-feminist discourse encourages young women to believe that they were born into a free society, so if they experience discrimination, it is an individual, isolated problem that may even be their own fault. Modern Misogyny examines that rendering of feminism as irrelevant and as the silencing and
marginalizing of feminists. Anderson calls for a revived feminism that is vigilant in combatting modern forms of sexism.
Author: Kristin J. Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/23/2014
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780199328178
About the Author
Kristin J. Anderson is Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston-Downtown. She earned a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Anderson's research explores subtle prejudice and discrimination. Anderson's scholarship has appeared in journals such as Sex Roles, Psychology of Women Quarterly, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and the Journal of Latinos and Education. She blogs for Psychology Today and Cambridge University Press.
Share
