Books in French are on www.livres-cinema.info
The Limits of #MeToo in Hollywood
Gender and Power in the Entertainment Industry
(0 vote)Average rating:
| 0 | rating |  = We can do without |
| 0 | rating |  = Good book |
| 0 | rating |  = Excellent book |
| 0 | rating |  = Unique / a reference |
Your rating: -
Book Presentation:
In October 2017, actress Alyssa Milano sparked the #MeToo movement. The ensuing protests quickly encompassed far more than Harvey Weinstein and the entertainment industry. They expressed women’s outrage at male workplace behavior in every sector and social class and even helped elect a new generation of women leaders in 2018.
But what has been the effect of #MeToo in the entertainment industry itself? This book traces the movement’s influence on the stories being told, on changing representations of women’s lives and bodies, and on the slow changes among the producers who shape the stories.
Analyzing a wide set of TV and film genres—including crime, legal and medical dramas, comedies, horror and reality programming—this book covers the complex ways that media respond to social movements: They sometimes give voice to brand-new or previously silenced stories, but just as often make facile references that can blunt the potential for change, or even fuel cultural backlash.
About the Author:
Margaret Tally is a distinguished professor of social and public policy at the School for Graduate Studies of the State University of New York, Empire State College. She is the author or editor of several books on television and media, and several articles and book chapters in the area of gender and popular culture.
Press Reviews:
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
"Timely, well-researched…examines media discourse around #MeToo and explores how that movement has reverberated in the film and television industry…examines how #MeToo has shaped storytelling across comedy, drama, documentary, horror, and reality television genres and explores whether industrial changes behind the camera and at the executive level have occurred as a result. …highly recommended"—Choice
See the publisher website: McFarland & Co
> From the same author:
The Millennials on Film and Television (2014)
Essays on the Politics of Popular Culture
Dir. Betty Kaklamanidou and Margaret Tally
Subject: Sociology
> On a related topic:
Hollywood's Second Sex (2015)
The Treatment of Women in the Film Industry, 1900–1999
Subject: Sociology
Shifting Gender Identities in Popular Culture (2025)
Essays on Representation Since 2010
Dir. Laura J. Getty and Josef Vice
Subject: Sociology
Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood (2024)
Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity
Subject: Sociology
Searching for Feminist Superheroes (2024)
Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics
Subject: Sociology
Distancing Representations in Transgender Film (2023)
Identification, Affect, and the Audience
Subject: Sociology
Back
