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Gender and Popular Culture 2nd edition


Gender and Popular Culture 2nd edition

Paperback by Milestone, Katie (Manchester Metropolitan University); Meyer, Anneke (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Gender and Popular Culture

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ISBN:
9780745698274
Publication Date:
23 Oct 2020
Edition/language:
2nd edition / English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Polity Press
Pages:
300 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 May 2024
Gender and Popular Culture

Description

This fully updated second edition of Gender and Popular Culture examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of cultural forms - including popular music, social media, television and magazines - to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, used and consumed. Blending primary and secondary research, Milestone and Meyer introduce key theories and concepts in gender studies and popular culture, which are made accessible and interesting through their application to topical examples such as the #MeToo campaign, intensive mothering and social media, discourses about women and binge drinking, and gender and popular music. Included in this revised edition is a new chapter on digital culture, examining the connection between digital platforms and gender identities, relations and activism, as well as a new chapter on cultural work in digital contexts. All chapters have been updated to acknowledge recent changes in gender images and relations as well as media culture. Additionally, there is new material on the Fourth Wave Women's Movement, audiences and prosumers, and the role of social media. Gender and Popular Culture is the go-to textbook for students of gender studies, media and communication, and popular culture.

Contents

Acknowledgements 1 Introduction PART I: GENDER AND THE PRODUCTION OF POPULAR CULTURE 2 Gender and Cultural Work: Post-War to the Late Twentieth Century 3 Gender and Cultural Work in the Digital Age PART II: DISCOURSES, GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE 4 Discourses and Femininity 5 Discourses and Masculinity PART III: MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE, GENDER AND POWER 6 Consumer Culture, Audiences and Identity 7 Digital Culture, Social Media and Gender 8 Gender and Popular Culture in Everyday Spaces 9 Conclusion: Prisoners of Gender? References Index

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