Gendered Media : Women, Men, and Identity Politics
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| Title: | Gendered Media : Women, Men, and Identity Politics |
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| Description: | Gendered Media addresses the broad topic of gender and media, where'gender'is not simply a shorthand for'woman'but also embraces masculinitiy/ies, queer, lesbian and gay identities. Karen Ross provides the necessary historical context against which to read recent sex- and gender-based media phenomena such as Big Brother, Terminator, girls'use of mobile phones, women news editors, the Wonderbra generation, the Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin phenomena, and so on. The book is an overview of the various aspects of gender and media in one volume. The book provides introductory overviews to the various themes around women, men, sexuality and the ways in which these attributes are cross-cut by other demographics such as age, ethnicity and disability. In this way, the book genuinely tries to provide a broad introduction to the ways in which gender, in all its facets, engages with media, in one accessible volume. |
| Authors: | Karen Ross |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Sexism in mass media, Women in mass media, Mass media and sex, Sex differences in mass media, Gender identity in mass media, Identity politics |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Gendered Media addresses the broad topic of gender and media, where'gender'is not simply a shorthand for'woman'but also embraces masculinitiy/ies, queer, lesbian and gay identities. Karen Ross provides the necessary historical context against which to read recent sex- and gender-based media phenomena such as Big Brother, Terminator, girls'use of mobile phones, women news editors, the Wonderbra generation, the Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin phenomena, and so on. The book is an overview of the various aspects of gender and media in one volume. The book provides introductory overviews to the various themes around women, men, sexuality and the ways in which these attributes are cross-cut by other demographics such as age, ethnicity and disability. In this way, the book genuinely tries to provide a broad introduction to the ways in which gender, in all its facets, engages with media, in one accessible volume. |
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| ISBN: | 9780742554078 9780742554061 9781442201040 9798881852146 |
