Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism

ISBN-13: 9780415957106 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 296 str.

Anita Harris

Opis

This new collection edited by Anita Harris provides an interdisciplinary examination of young womens multilayered lives. Contributors from fields such as education, gender and cultural studies, sociology, psychology and politics - as well as young women themselves - wrestle with both subculture theory and feminism as they attempt to understand contemporary strategies for connection and social action. They also offer insights into an understanding of how todays young women conceive of their relationships and networks with other young women in the absence of older style feminist frameworks; and what their experiences can offer for the development of more relevant explanations of youths' social and political identities and cultures.  The book is organised into four sections and the chapters that make up these sections explore the ways in which girls' various cultural pursuits are tied to identity formation and also relate to issues of class, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, ability, and, of course, gender.

Spis treści

Introduction: ‘Youth Cultures and Feminist Politics: An Introduction’ Anita Harris Section 1: Hustling, Fighting, Surfing and Sex: Infiltrating Masculine Domains  1.  ‘What is this Gangstressism in Popular Culture?’Angie Colette Beatty  2. ‘TGG: Girls, Street Culture and Identity’ Dorothy Bottrell  3. ‘Third Wave Feminism, the Global Economy, and Women's Surfing: Sport as Stealth Feminism in Girls’ Surf Culture’ Leslie Heywood  4. ‘Rescuing a Theory of Adolescent Sexual Excess: Young Women and Wanting’ Sara I. McClelland and Michelle Fine  Section 2: Creating Spaces  5. ‘The Empowered Fe Fes’ Susan Nussbaum  6. ‘Femininities as Commodities: Cam Girl Culture’ Amy Dobson  7. ‘Reflections: For those who Reflect’ Feda Abdo, Rayann Bekdache, Samah Hadid, Mehal Krayem and Tara Pengilly  Section 3: New Activisms: Cultural and Political  8. ‘Connecting the Dots: Riot Grrrls, Ladyfests, and the International Grrrl Zine Network’ Kristin Schilt and Elke Zobl  9. ‘(R)Evolutionary Healing: Jamming with Culture and Shifting the Power’ Carly Stasko  10. ‘Feminism, Youth Politics and Generational Change’ Chilla Bulbeck and Anita Harris  11. ‘Young Women and Social Action in the UK’ Debi Roker

O autorze

Anita Harris is Associate Professor at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.