Gender in the media / Niall Richardson and Sadie Wearing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Niall, author.

Wearing, Sadie, author.

Series:

Key concerns in media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role in mass media.

Mass media and culture.

Physical Description:

v, 142 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

This lively and engaging text introduces students to the key contemporary issues in the study of gender and the media. Integrating cultural theory with text-based criticism, Gender in the Media analyses debates in feminist cultural theory, masculinity studies and queer theory, before applying these cultural paradigms to critical readings in relevant media contexts. Richardson and Wearing address a wide range of new media texts and topics, covering television dramas, make-over shows, life-style magazines, internet dating and more. Critical, current and far-reaching, this book is invaluable for all students of media and gender studies, as well as for anyone interested in gender representation in different media forms. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Questions of Theory 15

1 Feminisms 17

2 Masculinities 33

3 Beyond the Two-Gender System: Queer Theory 49

Part II Media Case Studies 59

4 Gender and Post-Feminist Television Drama 61

5 The Make-Over Show 81

6 Celebrity Bodies and Lifestyle Magazines 93

7 New Media and 'Performing' Gender: Online Dating 110.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-136) and index.

ISBN:

9780230284739

0230284736

OCLC:

879398322