The Limits of #MeToo in Hollywood: Gender and Power in the Entertainment Industry

The #MeToo movement has had a significant impact on the entertainment industry, influencing the stories being told, changing representations of women's lives and bodies, and leading to the election of new women leaders. This book explores the complex ways that media respond to social movements, giving voice to new stories while also making facile references that can blunt the potential for change or fuel cultural backlash.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2021
Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc

In October 2017, actress Alyssa Milano ignited the #MeToo movement, which quickly spread beyond the entertainment industry to encompass a wide range of issues related to women's workplace behavior. The protests expressed women's outrage at male workplace behavior in every sector and social class and helped elect a new generation of women leaders in 2018. However, what has been the effect of #MeToo on the entertainment industry itself? This book explores the movement's influence on the stories being told, changing representations of women's lives and bodies, and the slow changes among the producers who shape the stories. Analyzing a wide set of TV and film genres, including crime, legal and medical dramas, comedies, horror, and reality programming, the book covers the complex ways that media respond to social movements. They sometimes give voice to brand-new or previously silenced stories, but just as often make facile references that can blunt the potential for change or even fuel cultural backlash.

Weight: 280g
Dimension: 151 x 225 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781476684956