"Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain", ed. Anne J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Perry (Book Review)

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
TERENCE O' REILLY
Keyword(s):  
Counter Reformation ◽  
And Control

Book Review: Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts and Control

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-100
Author(s):  
Charles B. Fields
Keyword(s):  
And Control

scholarly journals A BOOK REVIEW: FEMINISM ANDNERSUS FEMINITY OF MODERN WOMEN

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
B. Retang Wohangara
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Politics Of Representation ◽  
Girl Power ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
And Control

One important theme attached to pop culture is the politics of representation and sub-cultural identity. The pop singer Madonna and then the Spice Girls are frequently regarded as the representation of modern women offering a different face of feminism ideology. Successfully entering the market competition, Madonna, through her cry of 'material girl', characterizes herself as an independent woman in the still dominating patriarchal world while challenging the burden of morality placed on the shoulders of women. She asks young women to rebel against male-centred traditions and unashamedly exposes her sensuality as a source of power and even domination, or in short celebrating 'being women'. The flag of Girl Power is also waved by the 1990'sBritish female singers, the Spice Girls, who call young girls to "be strong, be brave, be loud and control your own destiny. Believe that your self can do anything you want to do and be confident. We have to be independent, but it does not mean that you don't need a boy" (Swastika 2004: 66).

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