Celebrity and the feminist blockbuster. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthea Taylor.
• Authors: Taylor, Anthea, 1972-
• Contents: 'Blockbuster' Feminism and Celebrification -- The 1960s/1970s Blockbuster and Ongoing Feminist Stardom -- Helen Gurley Brown: Prototypical Celebrity Feminism, Cultural Intermediaries, and Agency -- Betty Friedan: The 'Mother' of Feminism, Self-fashioning, and the Celebrity Mystique -- Gremaine Greer: 'The Star Feminism Had to Have', Unruliness, and Adaptable Celebrity -- The New Bestsellers, Online Media, and Branding Feminism in the Twenty-first Century -- Naomi Wolf: Twitter and the Transformation of 'Third wave' Celebrity -- Sheryl Sandberg and Roxane Gay: The Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Blockbuster Feminism -- Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham: Celebrity Memoirs, Comedy, and Digital Activism -- Conclusion: The Future of Celebrity Feminism - Contemporary Celebrity Culture, the Blockbuster, and Feminist Star Studies.
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 306 pages)
• Subjects: 301; Culture-Study and teaching; Feminism; Celebrities; Feminism and literature; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Feminism; Celebrities; Feminism and literature; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Publishing; Social Science -- Media Studies; Film: styles & genres; Publishing industry & book trade; Media studies; Motion pictures and television; Film genres; Printing; Social media; Performing Arts -- General; Film, TV & radio; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137373342; 1137373342
• Related ISBNs: 9781137373442; 9781137373335; 1137373334
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.