?The second edition of this useful volume broadens its already expansive terrain and impressive list of examples to include up-to-the minute developments particularly in digital and social media. This heightens its relevance and readability for those who want to develop a better understanding of critical media studies through a gendered lens.?Diane Negra, University College Dublin?Offering an extensive overview of the gendered experience cultural production (including digital performativity and labour), representation and media discourse, and lived lives, Gender and Popular Culture remains essential reading for scholars and students of contemporary culture.?Susan Luckman, University of South Australia
Acknowledgements1 IntroductionPART I: GENDER AND THE PRODUCTION OF POPULAR CULTURE2 Gender and Cultural Work: Post-War to the Late Twentieth Century3 Gender and Cultural Work in the Digital AgePART II: DISCOURSES, GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE4 Discourses and Femininity5 Discourses and MasculinityPART III: MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE, GENDER AND POWER6 Consumer Culture, Audiences and Identity7 Digital Culture, Social Media and Gender8 Gender and Popular Culture in Everyday Spaces9 Conclusion: Prisoners of Gender?ReferencesIndex
Katie Milestone is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.Anneke Meyer is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.