Media Gender and Identity

<p>Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities?</p><p>The new edition of <em>Media Gender and Identity </em>is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated including new case studies and a new chapter it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media’s influence on gender and sexuality.</p><p>David Gauntlett discusses movies such as <em>Knocked Up</em> and <em>Spiderman 3</em> men’s and women’s magazines TV shows self-help books <em>YouTube</em> videos and more to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities.</p><p>The book includes:</p><ul> <li>a comparison of gender representations in the past and today from <em>James Bond</em> to <em>Ugly Betty</em> </li> <li>an introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault </li> <li>an outline of creative approaches where identities are explored with video drawing or Lego bricks</li> <li>a Companion Website with extra articles interviews and selected links at: <strong>www.theoryhead.com</strong>. </li> </ul>