Postfeminism is a concept fraught with contradictions. Loathed by some and celebrated byothers, it __21__ in the late twentieth century in a number of cultural, academic and politicalcontexts, from popular journalism and media to feminist analyses, postmodern theories andneo-liberal rhetoric. Critics have claimed and appropriated the term for a variety of definitions,__22__ a conservative backlash, Girl Power, to the third wave feminism and postmodern feminism.In popular culture, it has often been associated with female characters like the Spice Girls andHelen Fielding’s chick heroine Bridget Jones, __23__ embraced as the poster child ofpostfeminism. In academic writings, it sits alongside other ‟post-” discourses – includingpostmodernism and postcolonialism – and here, it refers to a shift in the understanding andconstruction of identity and gender categories. __24__ , in social and political investigations,postfeminism has been read as indicative of a ‟post-traditional” era characterized by dramaticchanges in basic social relationships, role stereotyping and conceptions of agency. Somecommentators have found fault with postfeminism’s interpretative potential and flexibility. Coppockand Gamble, for example, deplore the fact that postfeminism remains a product of assumption andexactly __25__ is a matter for frequently impassioned debate. Other scholars have acknowledgedits significance and impact. As Rosalind Gill maintains, ‟there is, as yet, no parallel forpostfeminism.”
【題組】21.
(A) is emerged
(B) emerged
(C) do emerge
(D) has been emerged