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In Pop-feminist Narratives, Emily Spiers Explores The Recent Phenomenon Of 'pop-feminism' And Pop-feminist Writing Across North America, Britain, And Germany. Pop-feminism Is Characterised By Its Engagement With Popular Culture And Consumerism; Its Preoccupation With Sexuality And Transgression In Relation To Female Agency; And Its Thematisation Of Intergenerational Feminist Discord, Portrayed Either As A Damaging Discursive Construct Or As A Verifiable Phenomenon Requiring Remediation. Central To This Volume Is The Question Of Theorising The Female Subject In A Postfeminist Neoliberal Climate And The Role Played By Genre And Narrative In The Articulation Of Contemporary Pop-feminist Politics. The Heightened Visibility Of Mainstream Feminist Discourse And Feminist Activism In Recent Years—especially In North America, Britain, And Germany—means That The Time Is Ripe For A Coherent Comparative Scholarly Study Of Pop-feminism As A Transnational Phenomenon. This Volume Provides Such An Account Of Pop-feminism In A Manner Which Takes Into Account The Varied And Complex Narrative Strategies Employed In The Telling Of Pop-feminist Stories Across Multiple Genres And Platforms, Including Pop-literary Fiction, The Popular 'guide' To Feminism, Film, Music, And The Digital.