Critical readings
Subtitle: media and gender
By: edited by Cynthia Carter and Linda Steiner
Contributors: Carter, Cynthia, 1959-; Steiner, Linda
Series: Issues in cultural and media studies
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Maidenhead
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Mass media and women; Mass media criticism; Women in mass media; Sex role in mass media
Other titles: Media and gender
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index