The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism
@article{Rottenberg2014TheRO, title={The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism}, author={Catherine Rottenberg}, journal={Cultural Studies}, year={2014}, volume={28}, pages={418 - 437} }
In this paper, I argue that we are currently witnessing the emergence of neoliberal feminism in the USA, which is most clearly articulated in two highly publicized and widely read ‘feminist manifestos’: Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In (a New York Times best-seller) and Anne-Marie Slaughter's ‘Why Women Still Can't Have It All’ (the most widely read piece in the history of the Atlantic). Concentrating on the shifting discursive registers in Lean In, I propose that the book can give us insight into the…
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