{"product_id":"unruly-girls-unrepentant-mothers-redefining-feminism-on-screen-paperback","title":"Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Rowe Karlyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since the 1990s, when \u003ci\u003eReviving Ophelia\u003c\/i\u003e became a best seller and \"Girl Power\" a familiar anthem, girls have assumed new visibility in the culture. Yet in asserting their new power, young women have redefined femininity in ways that have often mystified their mothers. They have also largely disavowed feminism, even though their new influence is a likely legacy of feminism's Second Wave. At the same time, popular culture has persisted in idealizing, demonizing, or simply erasing mothers, rarely depicting them in strong and loving relationships with their daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers, \u003c\/i\u003e a companion to Kathleen Rowe Karlyn's groundbreaking work, \u003ci\u003eThe Unruly Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, studies the ways popular culture and current debates within and about feminism inform each other. Surveying a range of films and television shows that have defined girls in the postfeminist era--from \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy So-Called Life\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eScream\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e, and from \u003ci\u003eLove and Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eUgly Betty\u003c\/i\u003e--Karlyn explores the ways class, race, and generational conflicts have shaped both Girl Culture and feminism's Third Wave. Tying feminism's internal conflicts to negative attitudes toward mothers in the social world, she asks whether today's seemingly materialistic and apolitical girls, inspired by such real and fictional figures as the Spice Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, have turned their backs on the feminism of their mothers or are redefining unruliness for a new age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kathleen Rowe Karlyn is Professor of English and Director of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Oregon. Her publications include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Unruly Woman: Gender and the Genres of Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e and articles in \u003ci\u003eScreen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGenders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals and anthologies. She has been interviewed by major media outlets, and her work, especially on comedy and the unruly woman, has been reprinted, cited, and taught worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751611171104,"sku":"9780292737549","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/30a3298fcc248fcdc3bd8387466d3a1f.webp?v=1779976683","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unruly-girls-unrepentant-mothers-redefining-feminism-on-screen-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}