A Feminist Critique

How Feminism Has Changed American Society, Culture, and how We Live from the 1940's to the Present

Author: Cassandra L. Langer
ISBN: 9780064350259

With examples from the media, film, literature, popular culture, art and art criticism, the book explores how feminism has changed American society and culture over the past 50 years and how it has shaped our notions of "feminine" and "masculine." Beginning in the 1940s with Hollywood's image of the American woman, Cassandra Langer goes on to discuss images of home, family, and domesticity in the 1950s and the impact of Betty Friedan's "The Feminist Mystique" on the 1960s generation. The dilemmas of feminism in the 1970s, the so-called "golden age" of American feminism, are examined, including sexual politics and reactionary rhetoric about lesbians and women who did not follow the party line. Langer also tackles women's rights in terms of antifeminist cultural discourses, discussing Susan Faludi's "Backlash," the abortion debate, and other political, social, and cultural issues. Finally, the book assesses the highly charged sexual politics of the 1990s, using the writings of Camille P

Publisher: IconEditions
Publish Date: 1996

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism)