Sexual Identities and the Media

by Wendy Hilton-Morrow, Kathleen Battles

Sexual Identities and the Media encourages students to examine media as a site of negotiation for how people make sense of their own and others’ sexual identities. Taking a critical/cultural approach, Wendy Hilton-Morrow and Kathleen Battles weave together theory, synthesis of existing research, and original analysis of contemporary media examples in order to explore key areas of debate, including: Featuring an enormous range of discussion questions and case studies―from celebrity coming-out narratives, transgender models, and slash fiction writers to Glee and Modern Family ―this textbook offers a timely, informative, and demystifying introduction to this vital intersection in contemporary culture.

292 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2015

Reviews

[Louise Duckworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful analysation into how the LGBT community is portrayed in the media. This was only my third book on a similar subject matter. This book is very indepth and particular to the portrayal of media whereas the other books, I have read offer more personal perspectives. It became paramount in the first chapter, that it was throughly researched and thoughout but gave particular emphasis on student partipcation although I didn't engage in the questions, I could have quite easily have. Was interesting to see the breadth of media subject matter on LGBT. Having not watched any of these programmes previously, I find myself compelled to possibly watching them in the future.

[Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent undergraduate textbook.