Gender in the Media

by Niall Richardson

Overview

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 recent 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230284739
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/19/2014
Series:	Key Concerns in Media Studies , #6
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Niall Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK.

Sadie Wearing is Lecturer in Gender Theory, Culture and Media at the London School of Economics, UK.
Niall Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK.

Sadie Wearing is Lecturer in Gender Theory, Culture and Media at the London School of Economics, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Gender and Representation
PART I: QUESTIONS OF THEORY
1. Feminisms
2. Masculinities
3. Beyond the Two Gender System: Queer Theory
PART II: MEDIA CASE STUDIES
4. 'Quality' Television Drama
5. The Make-Over Show
6. Celebrity Bodies and Lifestyle Magazines
7. New Media and 'Performing' Gender: Online Dating.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

With refreshing clarity and insight, Gender and the Media condenses a body of challenging critical theory with consummate rigour in ways that undergraduates will find both accessible and thought-provoking. Its media case studies, from make-over TV to online dating sites and quality television drama, are timely and illuminating, as the authors examine a range of examples from popular culture to demonstrate the magnitude of the politics at stake. This is an essential text for students seeking both an introduction to key debates surrounding gender and the media, and an understanding of how this powerful conjunction is constructed and experienced in the everyday world.' - Deborah Jermyn, Reader in Film and Television, University of Roehampton, UK