Media, religion and gender : key issues and new challenges / edited by Mia Lovheim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lövheim, Mia, 1968-

Series:

Media, Religion and Culture

Media, religion and gender

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media in religion.

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Women and religion.

Sex role--Religious aspects.

Sex role.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media, Religion and Gender presents a selection of eminent current scholarship that explores the role gender plays when religion, media use and values in contemporary society interact. The book:surveys the development of research on media, religion and culture through the lens of key theoretical and methodological issues and debates within gender studies.includes case studies drawn from a variety of countries and contexts to illustrate the range of issues, theoretical perspectives and empirical material involved in current work<P

Contents:

1. Introduction : gender : a blind spot in media, religion and culture? / Mia Lovheim

2. Media and religion through the lens of feminist and gender theory / Mia Lovheim

3. Feminist orientations in the methodologies of the media, religion, and culture field / Lynn Schofield Clark and Grace Chiou

4. Material witnesses : women and the mediation of Christianity / Pamela E. Klassen and Kathryn Lofton

5. Occupying pews, missing in news : Women, religion and journalism / Joyce Smith

6. Danish female fans negotiating romance and spirituality in The twilight saga / Line Nybro Petersen

7. Lwa like me : gender, sexuality and Vodou online / Alexandra Boutros

8. Infertility, blessings, and head coverings : mediated practices of Jewish repentance / Michele Rosenthal

9. Claiming religious authority : Muslim women and new media / Anna Piela

10. Meanings and masculinities / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover

11. Saving grace : television with "something more" / Diane Winston

12. Digital storytelling : empowering feminist and womanist faith formation with young women / Mary E. Hess

13. Media, religion and gender : key insights and future challenges / Mia Lovheim.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-07490-5

0-203-52174-9

1-134-07483-2

9780203521748

OCLC:

847610173