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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812609403321

Autore

Ross Karen <1957->

Titolo

Gendered Media [[electronic resource] ] : Women, Men, and Identity Politics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-4422-0104-5

1-299-14883-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Gender identity in mass media

Mass media and sex

Sex differences in mass media

Sexism in mass media

Women in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Project Gender: Identity/ies in Flux; Chapter 02. The Body in Question: Less than the Sum of Our Parts; Chapter 03. Sexy Media: The Pornographication of Popular Culture or Just a Bit of Slap and Tickle?; Chapter 04. Women In/And News: The Invisible and the Profane; Chapter 05. Gender@Internet; Chapter 06. Endpoint; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Gendered Media addresses the broad topic of gender and media, where 'gender' is not simply a shorthand for 'woman' but also embraces masculinitiy/ies, queer, lesbian and gay identities. Karen Ross provides the necessary historical context against which to read recent sex- and gender-based media phenomena such as Big Brother, Terminator, girls' use of mobile phones, women news editors, the Wonderbra generation, the Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin phenomena, and so on. The book is an overview of the various aspects of gender and media in one volume. The book provides introductory overviews to th