What's Right With Feminism: How Feminism Has Changed American Society, Culture and How We Live from the 1940's to the Present

Beginning in the 1940s with Hollywoods image of the American woman, this book goes on to discuss the images of home, family, and domesticity in the 1950s and the impact of Betty Friedans The Feminist Mystique on the 1960s generation. Next, it examines the 1970s, the so-called golden age of American feminism, including sexual politics and reactionary rhetoric about lesbians and women who didnt follow the party line. Antifeminist cultural discourses on womens rights, including Susan Faludis Backlash, are discussed in relation to abortion, equal pay for equal work, and other political, social, and cultural issues. The book assesses the highly charged sexual politics of the 1990s using the writings of Camille Paglia, Naomi Wolf, and Katie Roiphe to analyze different levels of post-feminism. With examples from the mass media, film, literature, popular culture, art criticism, this book surveys the impact of the American feminist movement, how it originated, why certain ideas and images had to change, and how this movement shaped our notions of feminine and masculine over the last fifty years. A Feminist Critique is a fair and much-needed overview of the accomplishments, issues, and goals of the feminist movement and its future course.Cassandra Langer is the author of 'What's Right With Feminism: How Feminism Has Changed American Society, Culture and How We Live from the 1940's to the Present', published 2001 under ISBN 9780595165186 and ISBN 0595165184.