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Reading Pulp Fiction

Femininity and power in second and third wave feminist theory

Bibliographic Data

ID4367173
AuthorsMimi Schippers (Tulane University, corresponding author), Erin Grayson Sapp (Tulane University)
Year2012
Volume13
Issue1
Pages27-42
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1464700111429900
OpenAlexW2108317430
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited11

This article adds to the growing literature distinguishing second and third wave feminist theory. It opens by outlining theoretical differences between second wave and third wave definitions of femininity and the role and impact of femininity on gender relations of domination, whilst briefly acknowledging the complications of the relationship between third wave feminism and post-feminism. It then suggests that these diverging perspectives on embodied femininity result from fundamentally different second wave and third wave theories of power. In doing so, it develops a third wave conceptual definition of femininity and a theoretical framework for power relations that are distinct from a second wave approach. It illustrates these differences by offering a close reading of textual representation of femininity in the film Pulp Fiction

Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Femininity · Feminism · Linguistics · Physics · Sociology · Third wave · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Music History and Culture · Philosophy

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year0,83
Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10

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