Bad girls, dirty bodies : sex, performance and safe femininity /

Bad girls, dirty bodies : sex, performance and safe femininity /

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Author / Creator:	Commane, Gemma, author.
Imprint:	London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xv, 239 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Library of gender and popular culture Library of gender and popular culture.
Subject:	Women in motion pictures. Sex in motion pictures. Sex in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12410203

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ISBN:	9781788311267 1788311264 9781350117341 9781350117365
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"What makes a woman 'bad' is commonly linked to certain 'qualities' or behaviours seen as morally or socially corrosive, dirty and disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma Commane critically explores the social, sexual and political significance of women who are labelled 'bad,' sluts or dirty. Through a variety of case studies drawn from qualitative and original ethnographic research, she argues that 'bad girls' disrupt heterosexual normativity and contribute new embodied knowledge. From neo-burlesque, sex-positive and queer performance art, to explicit entertainment and areas of popular culture; Commane situates 'bad' women as sites of power, possibility and success. The case studies (for example, Rockbitch, Empress Stah, RubberDoll and others) offer an important insight into a history, where alternative women and femininities have continued a legacy of challenging societal expectations surrounding what makes a good/bad woman. Significantly, Commane develops a much-needed unpicking of the issues generated by women who are complicit in the subjugation, policing and marginalization of 'other' women, both in popular culture and in sites of subcultural resistance"--
Other form:	Online version: Commane, Gemma, Bad girls, dirty bodies London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 9781350117358

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