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PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-10143313330X
ISBN-139781433133305
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038731806
Product Key Features
Number of Pages195 Pages
Publication NameMad Men and Working Women : Feminist Perspectives on Historical Power, Resistance, and Otherness
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCommunication Studies, Television / General, General
Publication Year2015
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
AuthorKimberly Wilmot Voss, Jane Marcellus, Tracy Lucht, Erika Engstrom
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews«...a thorough, creative, and well-written contribution to the scholarship examining representations of gender in this popular series.... Overall, this contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums.» - Heather Lusty, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, in Popular Culture Review «The four authors historicize Mad Men 's depiction of gender roles, covering power relations between men and women at home and in the workplace, the professional and personal possibilities open to women and how these are explored in the series. As a result, the discussion is primarily geared towards how Mad Men illuminates the past and allows us to reflect on the present.» - Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St. Andrews, in Critical Studies in Television «A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications.» - Joel C. Geske, Iowa State University, in Teen Vogue 's list of «Epic Feminist Books», ...a thorough, creative, and well-written contribution to the scholarship examining representations of gender in this popular series.... Overall, this contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums. - Heather Lusty, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, in Popular Culture Review The four authors historicize Mad Men 's depiction of gender roles, covering power relations between men and women at home and in the workplace, the professional and personal possibilities open to women and how these are explored in the series. As a result, the discussion is primarily geared towards how Mad Men illuminates the past and allows us to reflect on the present. - Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St. Andrews, in Critical Studies in Television A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications. - Joel C. Geske, Iowa State University, in Teen Vogue 's list of Epic Feminist Books, [T]his contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums. (Heather Lusty, Popular Culture Review 26.1, 2015) A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications. (Joel C Geske, Iowa State University)
Number of Volumes0 vols.
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
Table Of ContentContents: Erika Engstrom: The Women of Mad Men : Workplace Stereotypes Beyond Kanter - Jane Marcellus: «Oh, and Men Love Scarve»: Secretarial Culture From Bartleby the Scrivener to Joan Holloway - Kimberly Wilmot Voss: Mad Men and Reasonable Women: Selling Lipstick, Exploring Workplace Power, and Raising Babies - Tracy Lucht: Sisterhood in the '60s: Joan, Peggy, and a Feminist Awakening - Erika Engstrom: Mad Women and the Marriage Gradient: The Risks and Rewards of Highly Competent Women - Kimberly Wilmot Voss: In Defense of Betty: The Role of Gender, Motherhood, and Social Class for Homemakers - Jane Marcellus: «Where the Truth Lies»: Gender, Labor, and «Other» Relationships - Tracy Lucht: Race, Religion, and Rights: Otherness Gone Mad.
SynopsisThis book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men , providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of women in an era that has been painted as pre- or non-feminist. Offering more than a discussion of the show, the book offers historical insight for thinking about serious issues that modern" working women continue to face today., This book was featured as one of thirty-four Epic Feminist Books in Teen Vogue magazine. This book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men , providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of women in an era that has been painted as pre- or non-feminist. In chapters aimed at helping readers understand women's lives in the 1960s, Mad Men is used as a springboard to explore and discover alternative ways of seeing women. Offering more than a discussion of the show itself, the book offers historical insight for thinking about serious issues that modern working women continue to face today: balancing their work and personal lives, competing with other women, and controlling their own bodies and reproductive choices. Rather than critiquing the show for portraying women as victims, the book shows subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways that feminism functioned in an era when women were supposedly caught between the waves of the women's movement but when, the authors argue, they functioned nonetheless as empowered individuals. By doing so, it provides historical context and analysis that complicates traditional interpretations by (1) exploring historical constructions of women's work; (2) unpacking feminist and non-feminist discourses surrounding that work; (3) identifying modes of resistance; and (4) revisiting forgotten work coded as feminine., This book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men , providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of women in an era that has been painted as pre- or non-feminist. Offering more than a discussion of the show, the book offers historical insight for thinking about serious issues that «modern" working women continue to face today., This book was featured as one of thirty-four Epic Feminist Books in Teen Vogue magazine. This book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men , providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of women in an era that has been painted as pre- or non-feminist. In chapters aimed at helping readers understand women's lives in the 1960s, Mad Men is used as a springboard to explore and discover alternative ways of seeing women. Offering more than a discussion of the show itself, the book offers historical insight for thinking about serious issues that «modern» working women continue to face today: balancing their work and personal lives, competing with other women, and controlling their own bodies and reproductive choices. Rather than critiquing the show for portraying women as victims, the book shows subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways that feminism functioned in an era when women were supposedly caught between the «waves» of the women's movement but when, the authors argue, they functioned nonetheless as empowered individuals. By doing so, it provides historical context and analysis that complicates traditional interpretations by (1) exploring historical constructions of women's work; (2) unpacking feminist and non-feminist discourses surrounding that work; (3) identifying modes of resistance; and (4) revisiting forgotten work coded as feminine.
