Gender and popular culture : identity constructions and representations / edited by Kusha Tiwari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiwari, Kusha

Contributor:

Tiwari, Kusha, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This collection of essays explores contemporary reflections on interactions between gender and culture. The 11 contributions focus on varied dimensions of popular culture that define, interpret, validate, interrogate and rupture gender conventions. There are discussions on how children react to gender expectations and how this reaction is reflected in their activities like drawing and games. There are also investigations of films, female bodybuilding in the USA, transgender identity in Greek and Indian mythology, and women breaking glass ceilings and pioneering social movements in developing countries like India. Specific chapters are devoted to British TV series and Hindi films that address issues related to masculinity. Essays on challenges that women face in the corporate world and the real world of social inequalities, especially in developing countries, give this volume rich thematic diversity. The collection will be of interest to literary critics, film critics, gender studies scholars, and poets.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Girl Power in a Digital World

Children's Drawing as a Sociocultural Practice

Consumerism in Indian Weddings and the Role of Media in Producing the Perfect Brides

Sherlock: An Affective and Violent Depiction of English Masculinity

The Country in the City

The Bodybuilding and Entertainment Careers of Cory Everson

Women Managers in Developing Countries

Women Moving Mountains

Hippocrates' "Women"

Deconstructing Gender Binaries

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-4346-3

OCLC:

1183030013