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Author Taylor, Anthea, 1972- author.

Title Celebrity and the feminist blockbuster / Anthea Taylor.

Publication Info. London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan published by Springer Nature, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 306 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In this book-length study of celebrity feminism, Anthea Taylor convincingly argues that the most visible feminists in the mediasphere have been authors of bestselling works of non-fiction: feminist 'blockbusters'.
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.
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Subject Feminism.
Feminism.
Celebrities.
Celebrities.
Feminism and literature.
Feminism and literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Film: styles & genres.
Publishing industry & book trade.
Media studies.
Film, TV & radio.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Feminism.
Women's movement.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Anthea, 1972- Celebrity and the feminist blockbuster. London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] 9781137373335 (DLC) 2016956393 (OCoLC)946967869
ISBN 9781137373342 (electronic book)
1137373342 (electronic book)
9781137373442 (electronic book [incorrect check digit])
9781137373335 (hardback)
1137373334 (hardback)