Media, Gender and Identity: An IntroductionPopular 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:
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... London. Heisthe author of several books on media audiences and identities, including Moving Experiences (1995,2005)andCreative Explorations (2007). He produces Theory.org.uk, the awardwinning website on media, gender and identity. M ...
... London Eye 4.3 Posters advertising Knocked Up 4.4 'The chart' fromTheL Word 5.1 Anthony Giddens 6.1 Square Michel Foucault in Paris 7.1 Judith Butler 8.1 Men's magazines: seeking masculinities for the modern world 9.1 Women's magazines ...
... London's financial centre, was highlighted in 2007 by aspateof male breakdowns, suicidesanda murder. 'Itis avery machoculture, avery competitive culture',commented Andrew Kinder of the British Association of Counselling and ...
... London's Royal Festival Hall rana series ofpublic discussions on 'Masculinityin Crisis'in spring 2001. Similar discussions were promptedinthe USA bythe publication of Susan Faludi's Stiffed: The Betrayalofthe Modern Man (1999),in which ...
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