Book
Literary

Track this book

You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
Sign in
Add to list

About

"Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls. On TV and in film, on the internet and in magazines, pop culture and ancient architecture, serial girls are all around us, moving in perfect synch-as dolls, as dancers, as statues. From Tiller Girls to Barbie dolls, Playboy bunnies to Pussy Riot, Martine Delvaux produces a provocative analysis of the many gendered assumptions that underlie modern culture. Inspired by Italian artist Vanessa Beecroft, Delvaux draws on the works of Barthes, Foucault, de Beauvoir, Woolf, and more to argue that…

More by Martine Delvaux

All books

More like this

Reviews

Rating integrity

Healthy
Counted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.

Editions

2 editions
  • Other · English · 2018
    Between the Lines · 184 pages · 9781771131865
  • Other · English · 2016
    Between the Lines · 184 pages · 9781771131858
Women, social conditionsWomen in literatureWomen in motion picturesWomenSocial conditionsSymbolic aspectsWomen in popular cultureWomen in art