Gender, Violence and Popular Culture: Telling Stories

by Laura J. Shepherd

Book Overview

This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture. Drawing on the latest thinking in critical international relations, media and cultural studies and gender studies, it focuses in particular on a number of popular TV shows including Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Generation Kill, The Corner and The West Wing.

The book makes a unique theoretical contribution to the 'narrative turn' in International Relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415525918
• ISBN13: 9780415525916
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"