Feminism after 9/11

Examines how the events of 9/11 impacted feminism and affected representations of women

Looks at how prominent female figures, such as Michelle Obama, are represented in a 9/11 era

Investigates the perceived 'other' in 9/11 America, dealing with topics such as immigration, gender, and race

Autorentext

Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo is Associate Professor of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University, USA. Her books with Bloodsworth-Lugo include: A New Kind of Containment: The War on Terror, Race, and Sexuality, editors (2009); Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and*Sexuality in Contemporary Films for Children, also with C. Richard King (2010); Containing (Un)American Bodies: Race, Sexuality, and Post-9/11 Constructions of Citizenship (2010); and Projecting 9/11: Race, Gender, and Citizenship in Recent Hollywood Films* (2014).

Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo is Professor of Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Studies at Washington State University, USA. She has published in the areas of race, gender, and sexuality; 9/11 discourse and cultural production; film and U.S. popular culture; and contemporary continental social and political philosophy. She is the author of In-Between Bodies: Sexual Difference, Race, and Sexuality (2007), co-editor of A New Kind of Containment: The War on Terror, Race, and Sexuality, with Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (2009), co-author of Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and*Sexuality in Contemporary Films for Children, with C. Richard King and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (2010), co-author of Containing (Un)American Bodies: Race, Sexuality, and Post-9/11 Constructions of Citizenship, with Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (2010), and co-editor of Race, Philosophy, and Film*, with Dan Flory (2013).

Inhalt

1: Women's Bodies and Feminism After 9/11.- 2: The Gendered and Racialized Threat of First Lady Michelle Obama.- 3: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.- 4: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Threat of Anchor/Terror Babies.- 5: Sexual(ized) Terrorist Threats in an Age of Marriage Equality.- 6: (Trans)Gender Threats in a 9/11 Era.- 7: The War on Women and the 9/11 Project.- Conclusion.