Contributions

  • Critcher, C. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Open University Press, Maidenhead [England, England

Language

English

Word Count

82,250 words, Guess

Page Count

329 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100335218083
  • ISBN-100335218075
  • ISBN-139780335218080
  • ISBN-139780335218073
  • Goodreads7078706', '818357
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC175
  • LCCP94 .C77 2006

Alternate Titles

  • Moral panics and the media.

Description

"Critical Readings: Media and Gender provides a lively and engaging introduction to the field of media and gender research, drawing from a wide range of important international scholarship. A variety of conceptual and methodological approaches is used to explore subjects such as: entertainment; news; grassroots communication; new media texts; institutions; audiences. Topics include: Gender identity and television talk shows; historical portrayals of women in advertising; the sexualization of the popular press; the representation of lesbians on television; the cult of femininity in women's magazines; images of African American women and Latinas in Hollywood cinema; sexual violence in the media; women in popular music; pornography and masculine power; women's relationship to the Internet."--Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Issues in cultural and media studies

Other Editions

  • Critical readings: moral panics and the mediaOpen University Press2006-01-01
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