Bachelors and Bunnies: The Sexual Politics of Playboy - Rilegato

Pitzulo, Carrie

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ISBN 10: 0226670066 ISBN 13: 9780226670065

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2011

Riassunto

For a lot of people, thoughts about the sexual politics of Playboy run along the lines of what Gloria Steinem reportedly once told Hugh Hefner: “A woman readingPlayboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.” Hefner’s magazine celebrates men as swinging bachelors and women as objects of desire; ergo, it’s sexist.

Not so fast, says Carrie Pitzulo. With Bachelors and Bunnies, she delves into the history of the magazine to reveal its surprisingly strong record of support for women’s rights and the modernization of sexual and gender roles. Taking readers behind the scenes of Playboy’s heyday, Pitzulo shows how Hefner’s own complicated but thoughtful perspective on modern manhood, sexual liberation, and feminism played into debates—both in the editorial offices and on the magazine’s pages—about howPlayboy’s trademark “girl next door” appeal could accommodate, acknowledge, and even honor the changing roles and new aspirations of women in postwar America. Revealing interviews with Hugh Hefner and his daughter (and laterPlayboy CEO) Christie Hefner, as well as with a number of editors and even Playmates, show that even as the magazine continued to present a romanticized notion of gender difference, it again and again demonstrated a commitment to equality and expanded opportunities for women.

Offering a surprising new take on a twentieth-century icon, Bachelors and Bunnies goes beyond the smoking jacket and the centerfold to uncover an unlikely ally for the feminist cause.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Carrie Pitzulo is assistant professor of history at the University of West Georgia.

Product Description:

Book by Pitzulo Carrie

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0226670066
• ISBN 13: 9780226670065
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240