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

By Gail Dines

Book Overview

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.

Ten new, original essays are included in this text, along with compelling previously published articles and book chapters by both established media scholars and new voices in the field. Together with new section introductions by Gail Dines and Jean Humez, the readings provide a solid yet accessible critical introduction to mass media studies.

Features:

Authority. Original essays and important reprinted articles from renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume Original essaysand important reprinted articlesfrom renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume Accessibility. Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students . Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students Activist Philosophy. Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism. . Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism. Integrated analysis. Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter. Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter.Original essays and important reprinted articles from renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume . Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students . Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism. Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter.

New to the Second Edition:

Expanded coverage of "queer" representations in mass media New section introductions provide readers with a guide for each sectionNew section on the violence debates and a new section on the InternetTwo sections devoted to consumerism, marketing, and advertising

Recommended for courses in mass media, feminist theory, race, class, and gender, and social theory in the Sociology, Communication, and Women′s Studies disciplines. Also recommended as a general reference title for scholars and anyone interested in the representation of race, class, and gender in the media.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076192261X
• ISBN13: 9780761922612
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 2.0" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resourse for post-modern media theory.

As the media becomes one of the most dominant means by which we frame our social reality, it becomes crucial for each of us to understand how media can become a mean to someone's own end. An excellent treatment of hegemony and dominant/ prefered readings. This should be a required text in all communication/ social science programs. But it ain't bad readin' for anyone else who consumes media either, namely you!

Media, stereotypes, white ideologies, marginalization.

An excellent reader explaining the media's role in perpetrating common stereotypes of historically marginalized people. Includes analysis of advertising, sexual representation, TV and music. An excellent textbook for cultural studies.

best text reader ever for my communication major

broad and complete view point on the issues that face college critics in media fields. Most comprehensive text I have been required to buy with my major. Would highly recommend to other prof.s