The Gender and Media Reader

by Mary Celeste Kearney (Editor)

The Gender and Media Reader is an essential text for those interested in gender and media studies, its main topics, debates, and theoretical approaches. The primary objective of this collection is to expand readers’ knowledge of how gender operates within media culture through engagement with foundational writings as well as more contemporary research in this field. Taking a multiperspectival approach that considers gender broadly and examines media texts alongside their production and consumption, The Gender and Media Reader enables readers’ critical thinking about how gender is constructed, contested, and subverted in different sites within media culture. Along with the main introduction, individual section introductions facilitate readers’ understanding of the development of gender and media studies by contextualizing the various topics, debates, and theoretical approaches that have shaped it, as well as by highlighting current trends.

Genres: Academic, Nonfiction

728 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not my favorite primer on the topic. Although this was published in 2012, a great deal of these are dated, particularly with regards to relevance in television and movies. A section on news media is missing, in my opinion. The majority of these pieces focus on analysis and theory rather than studies.