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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... modern' world, workingfathersare allowedfew concessions tospend timewith their children,and paternity leave, which istypically minimal ornonexistent, is viewedasa luxury. (Tony Blairseta poor example by refusing to takepaternity leave ...
... Modern Man (1999),in which Faludi, wellknown asthebestselling feministauthorof Backlash:The UndeclaredWar Against Women (1991), appeared to come outin sympathy for the modern man. Anthony Clare sets out the 'masculinity incrisis' idea ...
... modern, useful placefor themselves in the world–just as womenhave to.And this iswhere themass media and popular culture come in, because they offer important tools to help men – and women – adjust to contemporary life. Many of the ...
... Modern womenarenot generally very bothered about fitting their identity within theidea of 'femininity', though, perhaps because feminists neverreally sought to revise femininity, preferring to dispose ofthefluffy, passive concept ...
... modern female reader– instead,it isjustonetechnique amongst many, and an amusing, lightweight oneat that.Inafascinating in depth studyofa group of British workingclass women, Beverley Skeggs (1997) finds that her subjects had a complex ...
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