Diversity in Gender and Visual Representation

ISBN-13: 9780367230883 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 122 str.

Russell Luyt; Christina Welch; Rosemary Lobban

Opis

This book aims to encourage and develop understanding of the social category of gender, the concept of visual representation, and the relationship between the two. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Gender Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Diversity in gender and visual representation  1. Visualising the ‘real’ and the ‘fake’: emotion work and the representation of orgasm in pornography and everyday sexual interactions  2. Death and the erotic woman: the European gendering of mortality in times of major religious change  3. Real and unreal masculinities: the celebrity image in anti-trafficking campaigns  4. Does it pay to break male gender stereotypes in advertising? A comparison of advertisement effectiveness between the United Kingdom, Poland and South Africa  5. Transing the small screen: loving and hating transgender youth in Glee and Degrassi  6. Shaping the online fat acceptance movement: talking about body image and beauty standards  7. Diversity in gender and visual representation: a commentary