Unlikeable Female Characters
The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
$27.36
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2023
Summary
An incisive exploration into the evolution of unlikeable female characters- what makes them unlikeable, how audiences have reacted to them, and whether pop culture-and society-is finally ready to embrace complicated women.
“A fresh feminist appraisal of the pop culture canon.” - Publishers Weekly
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women from having to be nice.
Female characters throughout history have been burden…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728274744 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1728274745 |
| Author: | Anna Bogutskaya |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Fascinating, insightful, and kick-ass. * Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals *
Deeply researched, with fascinating behind-the-scenes details and insightful analysis. It is also wildly entertaining * RogerEbert.com *
This smart and thoughtful debut traces the evolution of female characters in media, from the earliest television shows, movies, and music to the present day examining the nuances of what it means to be a woman, on and off screen. * Irish Examiner *
Bogutskaya delivers a sweeping and deft polemic on how the flawed women of popular culture enrich our screens and warm our hearts. * The Quietus *
Part-cultural expose, part-Taylor Swift album * Clarisse Loughrey, film critic *
Reclaiming the word ‘unlikeable’ has never felt so good * Rhianna Dhillon, film critic and broadcaster *
A fresh feminist appraisal of the pop culture canon * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Anna Bogutskaya
Anna Bogutskaya is a London-based freelance film programmer, broadcaster, writer and creative producer, connected in both the worlds of US and UK film. She is also the co-founder of the horror film collective and podcast The Final Girls and Festival Director of Underwire Festival. Previously, Anna was the Film and Events Programmer at the British Film Institute. In 2019, she was selected as one of Screen International’s Future Leaders in Curation and Programming and was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2020 was selected as a mentor at SXSW.
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