Carina Chocano

In this smart, funny, impassioned call to arms, a pop culture critic merges memoir and commentary to explore how our culture shapes ideas about who women are, what they are meant to be, and where they belong.

On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, and Other Mixed Messages

You Play the Girl

Neste livro, a escritora, jornalista e colaboradora da New York Times Magazine, Carina Chocano, mescla histórias pessoais, que fizeram parte de seu amadurecimento como mulher, com análises perspicazes sobre como a cultura pop moldou o comportamento feminino, ao longo do tempo. Seguindo a mesma tradição textual combativa de Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit e Susan Sontag, a autora mostra de forma brilhante que nossas identidades são muito mais fluı́das do que pensamos, e certamente mais complexas do que qualquer coisa que vemos nas telas de cinema e na cultura pop do mundo contemporâneo, dirigida, em grande parte, ao olhar machista do patriarcado. A obra traz um incrível trabalho de pesquisa e desconstrução cultural que discute maneiras problemáticas de contar histórias sobre as mulheres.

Hollywood, Cultura Pop e a Construção dos Falsos Estereótipos Femininos no Mundo Moderno

Mulheres imperfeitas

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY "If Hollywood's treatment of women leaves you wanting, you'll find good, heady company in You Play the Girl."—ELLE As a kid in the 1970s and 80s, Carina Chocano was confused by the mixed messages all around her; messages that told her who she could be—and who she couldn’t. Dutifully absorbing all the conflicting information the culture has to offer on how to be a woman, Chocano grappled with sexed up sidekicks, princesses waiting to be saved, and morally infallible angels who seemed to have no opinions of their own. She learned that "the girl" is not a person, but a man's idea of what a woman should be—she’s whatever the hero needs her to be in order to become himself. It wasn't until she spent five years as a movie critic, and was laid off just after her daughter was born, however, that she really came to understand how the stories the culture tells us about what it means to be a girl limit our lives and shape our destinies. She resolved to rewrite her own story. In You Play the Girl, Chocano blends formative personal stories with insightful and emotionally powerful analysis. Moving from Bugs Bunny to Playboy Bunnies, from Flashdance to Frozen, from the progressive ’70s through the backlash ’80s, the glib ’90s, and the pornified aughts—and at stops in between—she explains how growing up in the shadow of “the girl” taught her to think about herself and the world and what it means to raise a daughter in the face of these contorted reflections. In the tradition of Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, and Susan Sontag, Chocano brilliantly shows that our identities are more fluid than we think, and certainly more complex than anything we see on any kind of screen.

On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages

Wallowing in the murky haze of unhallowed unions everywhere, Do You Love Me or Am I Just Paranoid? offers solutions to some of life’s most vexing relationship predicaments, such as: -Things to Do on a Date--If, in Fact, That’s What This Is -Living Together vs. Marriage: A Handy Guide to Telling Them Apart -Why Wait? Making the Most of a Rebound -But Exactly How Great Is He? -Are You in Love or Insane?

The Serial Monogamist's Guide to Love

Do You Love Me or Am I Just Paranoid?

Un análisis del rol de la mujer en el cine, la literatura y los medios de comunicación. Premio Nacional de la Crítica 2017 en Estados Unidos. ¿Quién es «la chica»? En Hollywood veremos que casi siempre representa el mismo papel: sostiene la mano del héroe; lo molesta, o lo frustra, o sigue junto al gran hombre que se ocupa de su encantadora perdedora. Sin embargo, una «chica» así no es una persona. No es más que un complemento. Y teniendo un ideal tan deshumanizado de la mujer, ¿cómo se comportan las propias mujeres frente a los hombres? ¿Cómo se forma su idea de quiénes son y de lo que pueden llegar a ser? Desde Bugs Bunny hasta las conejitas de Playboy, pasando por Frozen y Flashdance. Carina Chocano combina historias personales con un análisis perspicaz y emotivo. Muestra cómo crecer bajo la sombra de «la chica» le enseñó a pensar en sí misma y en el mundo, y en lo que significaba criar a una hija frente a una sociedad machista. Haz el papel de chica ha ganado el Premio Nacional de la Crítica 2017 en Estados Unidos y fue finalista del Premio PEN/ Diamondstein-Spielvogel.

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