Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama Representing Gende
“In this insightful book, Cat Mahoney offers a fascinating analysis of contemporary TV dramas such as Home Fires, Land Girls and The Bletchley Circle. Developing the idea that history is told through the preoccupations of the present, she argues compellin
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Cat Mahoney
Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama “In this insightful book, Cat Mahoney offers a fascinating analysis of contemporary TV dramas such as Home Fires, Land Girls and The Bletchley Circle. Developing the idea that history is told through the preoccupations of the present, she argues compellingly that these are postfeminist dramas which work through troubling ideas about heteronormative romance, domesticity, beauty and whiteness, while reinforcing the idea that feminism as a political movement is not necessary. A bold and original contribution to television studies, gender studies and popular history.” —Rosalind Gill, City, University of London, UK
Cat Mahoney
Women in Neoliberal Postfeminist Television Drama Representing Gendered Experiences of the Second World War
Cat Mahoney University of Liverpool Liverpool, UK
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For my Mum
Contents
1 Relative Tensions 1 Establishing Relations 4 Locating Postfeminism—Popular Postfeminism 4 Men Are from Mars—Postfeminist Reassertions of ‘Natural’ Sexual Difference 6 Personal Choice and Individual Empowerment 7 Historical Tensions: Myth, Memory and the Past 8 The Historical Apparatus—Constructing the Historical Public Sphere 10 Polysemic Pasts—Dominant Memory, Counter Memory and Composure 11 The Pleasure of the Past: Aesthetics, Comfort and Entertainment 12 References 17
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