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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"feminist cultural studies"”.
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Decoding dominant ideals of beauty : Young women’s engagements with media representations, social environments, and media literacy
… important and complex concept. A variety of sociocultural environments articulates beauty and physical attractiveness to success and popularity. The influence of media deserves particular attention as it is able to create and circulate dominant ideals of beauty. Research suggests that dominant …
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"""America's sweetheart,"" Chris Evert: Celebrity femininity and tennis in postmodern America"
"Chris Evert is one of the most significant cultural figures to emerge in late twentieth century America. Her storied career has produced a ubiquitous image that remains highly visible within culture. As an ""American sweetheart,"" Evert draws her meaning as a sign for national/gendered identity …
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Anne McLaren and the Human Embryo Research Debates in Britain, 1982–1990: Sociological Biography in the Analysis of Public Debate
… the term ‘pre-embryo’ in science and technology studies, and feminist cultural studies. I add a more detailed description of the specific biological arguments made by the pro-research lobby and show how these reflected a shifting position for the scientist in public debate. I also contribute to …
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NARRATIVES OF PERSEVERANCE BY LATINA WOMEN PAVING THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART, AND MATH (STEAM) HIGHER EDUCATION
… of STEAM with higher education degrees.</p> <p>Cultural Capital and Feminist Cultural Studies provided the theoretical framework for this study. The three-dimensional narrative design was applied to data analysis that resulted in identification of the following meaningful themes: (a) “Latina …
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The Provenance of Protest: Conceptualizing Records Creation in Archives of Feminist Materials
Archives of feminist materials are unique material and affective assemblages that represent, condition, and constrain the lives and experiences of those who identify as feminist. Occupying a distinct corner of the community archiving universe, feminist archival projects have been taken up …
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The Bachelor Industry: The Surveillance and Governing of Women
… and germane contemporary televisual sites for a cultural analysis of images of women in popular U.S. culture. Methodologically, I use a feminist cultural studies framework influenced by Michel Foucault's work, combining close textual analysis, formal analysis, discourse analysis, production …
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The gendering of sports news: An investigation into the production, content and reception of sports photographs of athletes in New Zealand newspapers.
… relationship between media representations and cultural understandings of sportswomen and women’s sport. The study adopts a feminist cultural studies perspective and questions how photographs of sportswomen are constructed and perceived through dominant discourses of gender, sport and …
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Women Supporting Women: Lifestyle Influencers and Branded Femininity
… followers on Instagram, Lalonde uses the postfeminist credibility she established through performing hegemonic femininity to position herself as an authority on the subject of everyday life (Abidin 2015). Through feminist textual discursive analysis, I argue that Lalonde uses the popular …