How have advertisers responded to feminism? What should we make of the popularity of 'lad mags '? Is news a gendered product? Are men 's bodies - as much as women 's - now objectified in the media? Do shows like Oprah or Jerry Springer redraw the boundary between public and private? Is chick lit rewriting the romance?These 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...
How have advertisers responded to feminism? What should we make of the popularity of 'lad mags '? Is news a gendered product? Are men 's bodies - as m...
This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilities for producing 'new' femininities in the twenty-first century. The volume includes a Preface by leading feminist scholar Angela McRobbie.
This collection of original essays looks at the way in which experiences and representations of femininity are changing, and explores the possibilitie...
In recent years, cultural work has engaged the interest of scholars from a broad range of social science and humanities disciplines. The debate in this 'turn to cultural work' has largely been based around evaluating its advantages and disadvantages: its freedoms and its constraints, its informal but precarious nature, the inequalities within its global workforce, and the blurring of work-life boundaries leading to 'self-exploitation'.
While academic critics have persuasively challenged more optimistic accounts of 'converged' worlds of creative production, the critical...
In recent years, cultural work has engaged the interest of scholars from a broad range of social science and humanities disciplines. The debate in ...
This volume approaches questions about gender and the politics of appearance from a new perspective by developing the notion of aesthetic labour. Bringing together feminist writing regarding the 'beauty myth' with recent scholarship about new forms of work, the book suggests that in this moment of ubiquitous photography, social media, and 360 degree surveillance, women are increasingly required to be 'aesthetic entrepreneurs', maintaining a constant state of vigilance about their appearance. The collection shows that this work is not just on the surface of bodies, but requires a...
This volume approaches questions about gender and the politics of appearance from a new perspective by developing the notion of aesthetic labour. B...
In recent years, cultural work has engaged the interest of scholars from a broad range of social science and humanities disciplines. The debate in this 'turn to cultural work' has largely been based around evaluating its advantages and disadvantages: its freedoms and its constraints, its informal but precarious nature, the inequalities within its global workforce, and the blurring of work-life boundaries leading to 'self-exploitation'.
While academic critics have persuasively challenged more optimistic accounts of 'converged' worlds of creative production, the critical...
In recent years, cultural work has engaged the interest of scholars from a broad range of social science and humanities disciplines. The debate in ...
Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter.
Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals...
