Lexington Books
Pages: 180
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-66692-300-1 • Hardback • January 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66692-301-8 • eBook • January 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Anna Marie Bautista is lecturer in american studies, gender studies, and comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: #MeToo and Conspicuous Feminism: Manifesting Activism and Commercialism
Chapter One: Negotiating Feminism on Television
Chapter Two: Exposing Abuse and Misogyny – Big Little Lies
Chapter Three: ‘Something Other Than A Mother or Housewife’ – Challenging Notions of Gendered Space on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Chapter Four: mIncorporating Intersectionality and Inclusivity – Insecure
Chapter Five: Resistance and Retaliation – The Handmaid’s Tale
Chapter Six: Conclusion: Advocating and Commodifying Female Empowerment in Conspicuous Feminism
Bibliography
About the Author
“Five years after the #MeToo movement roiled the world of entertainment, Anna Marie Bautista makes a crucia,l critical intervention by highlighting the role '“conspicuous feminism”' plays in female-centered television series such as The Handmaid’s Tale, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Big Little Lies, and Insecure. Drawing on a wide range of feminist media scholarship, the book focuses on the most salient issues currently circulating throughout American popular culture involving femininity, domesticity, consumerism, racial differences, and class mobility. This is cutting-edge feminist scholarship that places #MeToo and contemporary American popular culture in a dramatic new light.”
— Gina Marchetti, Pratt Institute