Geek Chic : Smart Women in Popular Culture

S. Inness

ISBN 10: 1403979030 / ISBN 13: 9781403979032

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan Us Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware - Mainstream society has often had a deeply rooted fear of intelligent women. Why do brilliant women make society ill at ease Focusing on the US, Sherrie Inness and contributors explore this question in the context of the last two decades, arguing that more intelligent women are appearing in popular culture than ever before. Using popular culture as a fertile environment for challenging the stereotype that the most brilliant geeks or nerds must be men, the essayists in this book demonstrate how the popular media both repeatedly affirms stereotypes of femininity, while paradoxically challenging the stigmatization of smart women.

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• Titre: Geek Chic : Smart Women in Popular Culture
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan Us Apr 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1403979030
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781403979032
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 233 L x 154 H x 10 P (en millimètres) 233 millimètres de largeur par 154 millimètres de hauteur par 10 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 310 grammes

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Synopsis

Mainstream society has often had a deeply rooted fear of intelligent women. Why do brilliant women make society ill at ease? Focusing on the US, Sherrie Inness and contributors explore this question in the context of the last two decades, arguing that more intelligent women are appearing in popular culture than ever before.

À propos de l?auteur

SHERRIE A. INNESS is Professor of English at Miami University, USA. She is the author/editor of over a dozen books including Action Chicks (Palgrave 2004) and Secret Ingredients (Palgrave 2005).