Anti-Feminisms in Media Culture

This collection examines the troubling proliferation of anti-feminist language and concepts in contemporary media culture, offering a critical analysis of how media, politics, and digital culture construct and displace feminist politics, womens bodies, and the rights of women and other disenfranchised subjects. It highlights the simplification and disparagement of feminist histories, the consolidation of all feminisms into a static and rigid structure, and tactics used to disparage women and feminists. It also emphasizes the amplification of anti-feminisms in times of political and social unrest and their use to instigate violence against women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive and timely collection delves into the concerning rise of anti-feminist language and concepts in contemporary media culture. Edited by Michele White and Diane Negra, these curated essays provide a critical lens through which to examine how modern media, politics, and digital culture operate, particularly in their simultaneous construction and displacement of feminist politics, women's bodies, and the rights of women and other marginalized subjects. The collection explores the reduction and disparagement of feminist histories, the consolidation of all feminisms into a static and rigid framework, and tactics employed to undermine women and feminists as a means of further marginalizing disenfranchised peoples' identities and rights. Furthermore, the book sheds light on how anti-feminisms, including hostility towards feminist activism and theories, are exacerbated during times of political and social unrest and used to perpetrate violence against women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. A vital resource for students and scholars in media, culture, and communication studies, gender studies, and critical race studies with a focus on feminist media studies, this collection offers invaluable insights into the complex dynamics shaping our contemporary media landscape.

Weight: 316g
Dimension: 150 x 228 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367546977