Single women in popular culture : the limits of postfeminism

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Single women in popular culture : the limits of postfeminism

Anthea Taylor

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-238) and index

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Description

Single Women in Popular Culture demonstrates how single women continue to be figures of profound cultural anxiety. Examining a wide range of popular media forms, this is a timely, insightful and politically engaged book, exploring the ways in which postfeminism limits the representation of single women in popular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction Theorizing Women's Singleness - Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and the Politics of Representation From the Second Wave to Postfeminism - Single Women in Popular Discourse Spinsters and Singletons - Bridget Jones's Diary and its Cultural Reverberations Desperate and Dateless TV - Making Over the Single Woman Self-Help and the Single Girl - From Salvation to Celebration Blogging Solo - Women Refiguring Singleness Bibliography Index

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