Yvonne Tasker (born 1964) is an English scholar in the field of film studies, gender and the media. She co-authored ''Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture'' which has become a foundational text of

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and popular culture. She has lectured at the

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and the

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Academic career

Tasker completed her PhD in Film Studies at the

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. Tasker was previously professor of film studies and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at

. She is currently professor of media and communication in the School of Media and Communication at the

Writing

Tasker is a scholar in the field of film studies, gender and the media, and the politics of popular culture. She is the author of a number of books which have made a contribution to the field of film studies including ''Spectacular Bodies'', ''Working Girls: Gender and Sexuality in Popular Cinema,'' ''Action and Adventure Cinema,'' ''Soldiers' Stories: Military Women in Cinema and Television since World War II,'' and ''Gendering the Recession: Media Culture in an Age of Austerity''. She has contributed to the book ''Femme fatalities: representations of strong women in the media.'' Tasker also co-wrote, with Diane Negra, professor of film and television studies at the

, ''Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture'' (

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, 2007), which has become a foundational text of post feminism and popular culture. Her current research includes the

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funded project ''Jill Craigie: Film Pioneer'' which explores the career of British documentary maker Jill Craigie. The project is in partnership with Lizzie Thynne (

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) and

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(

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) and will create an experimental film biography of Craigie and a co-authored book.

References

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