{"product_id":"gender-and-the-media-9780745619156","title":"Gender and the Media","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow have advertisers responded to feminism?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat should we make of the popularity of 'lad mags'?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs news a gendered product?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre men's bodies -- as much as women's -- now objectified in the media?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo shows like Oprah or Jerry Springer redraw the boundary between public and private?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs chick lit rewriting the romance?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are just some of the questions addressed in Gender and the Media. Written in a clear and accessible style, with lots of examples from Anglo-American media, the book offers a critical introduction to the study of gender in the media, and an up-to-date assessment of the key issues and debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEschewing a straightforwardly positive or negative assessment, \u003cem\u003eGender and the Media \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the contradictory character of contemporary gender representations, which sees confident expressions of girl power sitting alongside reports of epidemic levels of anorexia among young women; moral panics about the impact on men of idealised representations of the 'sixpack' but near silence about the pervasive re-sexualisation of women's bodies; and the growing use of irony and playfulness that render critique extremely difficult. The book looks in-depth at five areas of media -- talk shows, magazines, news, advertising, and contemporary screen and paperback romances -- to examine how representations of women and men are changing in the 21st century, partly in response to feminist, queer and anti-racist critique. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGender and the Media \u003c\/em\u003eis also concerned with the theoretical tools available for analysing representations. A range of approaches from semiotics to postcolonial theory is discussed, and Gill asks how useful notions such as objectification, backlash, and positive images are for making sense of gender in today's Western media. Finally, \u003cem\u003eGender and the Media \u003c\/em\u003ealso raises questions about cultural politics -- namely, what forms of critique and intervention are effective at a moment when ironic quotation marks seem to protect much media content from criticism and when much media content -- from Sex and the City to revenge adverts -- can be labelled postfeminist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosalind Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745619156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosalind Gill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at the Centre for Cultural, Media and Creative Industries Research at King's College London\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40406479601779,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":53.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7a0c3e99-c56f-4e49-8471-5b10e2fd674b.jpg?v=1662041153","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gender-and-the-media-9780745619156","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}