Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader

by Gail Dines (Editor), Jean McMahon Humez (Editor), Laurie Ouellette (Contributor)

Incisive analyses of mass media – including such forms as talk shows, MTV, the Internet, soap operas, television sitcoms, dramatic series, pornography, and advertising―enable this provocative new edition of Gender, Race and Class in Media to engage students in critical mass media scholarship. Issues of power related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a wide range of articles examining the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Race, Politics, Gender, School, Gender Studies

792 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1994

About the author

Gail Dines is an English–American feminist author, anti-pornography activist, professor, and lecturer.

Reviews

[Dmwshaw]

It is very discouraging how the advertising, television, print media business tries to control our thinking. We have to be independent thinkers

[Marie]

Whenever I read a book for school and think about adding it to my goodreads shelves, I think "did I read at least half of this book"? This one, the answer is yes. Both because of assignments, and also because some of the articles were generally interesting. Great book for the class, and one I might not sell right away. I feel like I'll be wanting to flip through it again to find something the next time I'm watching a movie.

[Ke]

Because of the ambitious nature of the topic, it was inevitable that the book could not get to everything about media (i.e. tv, radio, film, newspaper, etc.). Still, I found the articles in this textbook to be quite thorough. One of my favorites was the chapter/article on Lucy Liu's character on Ally McBeal.

[miso miso]

fab. nutty, but fab.

[Aaron Johnson]

i am always going back and reading essays from this book...love this book

[Patrica]

Some fascinating view points... and some reaches. It's a toss up from article to article. Reading for class... sooooooo I don't get a whole lotta choice. :-)

[Christien]

looking for Stuart Hall, "The Whites of Their Eyes"

[Lakulin]

Some of Gail Dines´ theses are interesting, some are even valid, some are deplorable and many more are situated in the neighborhood of sheer craziness.

[Megan]

GREAT READ. Inspired me to rethink about my relationship with media.