Media, gender and identity : an introduction / David Gauntlett.

By:

Gauntlett, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2008.Edition: 2nd EditionDescription: xii, 317 p. : ill, ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780415396615 (pbk.) :
0415396611 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

305.3 GAU 23

Contents:

Introduction -- Some background debates -- Representations of gender in the past -- Representations of gender today -- Giddens, modernity and self-identity -- Michel Foucault : discourses and lifestyles -- Queer theory and fluid identities -- Men's magazines and modern masculinities -- Women's magazines and female identities -- Directions for living : role models and self-help discourses -- Exploring identity stories -- Conclusions.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people's identities?

The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media's influence on gender and sexuality.

David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, men's and women's magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities.

The book includes:

a comparison of gender representations in the past and today, from James Bond to Ugly Betty an introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault an outline of creative approaches, where identities are explored with video, drawing, or Lego bricks a Companion Website with extra articles, interviews and selected links, at: www.theoryhead.com.

References (p.291-307) and Index (p.308-317)

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 Introduction
2 Some background debates
3 Representations of gender in the past
4 Representations of gender today
5 Giddens, modernity and self-identity
6 Michel Foucault: discourses and lifestyles
7 Queer theory and fluid identities
8 Men's magazines and modern masculinities
9 Women's magazines and female identities
10 Directions for living: Role models and self-help discourses
11 Exploring identity stories
12 Conclusions

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Gauntlett is Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster, London. He is the author of several books on media audiences and identities, including Moving Experiences (1995, 2005) and Creative Explorations (2007). He produces Theory.org.uk , the award-winning website on media, gender and identity.