Gender and Popular Culture (eBook)

Katie Milestone is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Anneke Meyer is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

PART I: GENDER AND THE PRODUCTION OF POPULAR CULTURE
2 Gender and Cultural Work: Post-War to the Late Twentieth Century
3 Gender and Cultural Work in the Digital Age

PART II: DISCOURSES, GENDER AND POPULAR CULTURE
4 Discourses and Femininity
5 Discourses and Masculinity

PART III: MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE, GENDER AND POWER
6 Consumer Culture, Audiences and Identity
7 Digital Culture, Social Media and Gender
8 Gender and Popular Culture in Everyday Spaces
9 Conclusion: Prisoners of Gender?

References

Index

?The second edition of this useful volume broadens its already expansive terrain and impressive list of examples to include up-to-the minute developments particularly in digital and social media. This heightens its relevance and readability for those who want to develop a better understanding of critical media studies through a gendered lens.?

Diane Negra, University College Dublin

?Offering an extensive overview of the gendered experience cultural production (including digital performativity and labour), representation and media discourse, and lived lives, Gender and Popular Culture remains essential reading for scholars and students of contemporary culture.?

Susan Luckman, University of South Australia