Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies

Sex, Performance and Safe Femininity

Gemma Commane (Birmingham City University, UK)

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English

I.B. Tauris
15 October 2020

Performance art; Cultural studies; Gender studies: women

Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture

What makes a woman ‘bad’ is commonly linked to certain ‘qualities’ or behaviours seen as morally or socially corrosive, dirty and disgusting. In Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies, Gemma Commane critically explores the social, sexual and political significance of women who are labelled ‘bad’, sluts or dirty. Through a variety of case studies drawn from qualitative and original ethnographic research, she argues that ‘Bad Girls’ disrupt heterosexual normativity and contribute new embodied knowledge.

From neo-burlesque, sex-positive and queer performance art, to explicit entertainment and areas of popular culture; Commane situates ‘bad’ women as sites of power, possibility and success. Through the combination of case studies (Ms T, Empress Stah and RubberDoll, Mouse and Doris La Trine), Gemma Commane offers a challenge to those who think that sexual, slutty, bad, and dirty women are not worth listening to. Significantly, she unpicks the issues generated by women who are complicit in the subjugation, policing and marginalization of ‘other’ women, both in popular culture and in sites of subcultural resistance.

By: Gemma Commane (Birmingham City University UK)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781788311267
ISBN 10: 1788311264
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 October 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Gemma Commane is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University, UK. She is active in research in the fields of media and cultural studies, and gender and sexuality.

Reviews for Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies: Sex, Performance and Safe Femininity

This book makes a bold intervention into debates on femininity, pleasure, agency, and sexualisation. Bad Girls, Dirty Bodies is a singular achievement: scholarly, sophisticated and provocative, it establishes Gemma Commane as one of the most exciting voices in feminist cultural studies today. -- Dr Debra Ferreday, Director, Institute for Gender and Women's Studies, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK.