Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction

by David Gauntlett

Book Overview

Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people's identities?

The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415396611
• ISBN13: 9780415396615
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This book was very useful in class

This book provided a lot of insight that was relevant to the information covered in my women and gender studies course.

Very Good

I had to order this book for school and decided to order online because the price was much cheaper than that at the bookstore. I got supersaver shipping (which helped a lot) and I got my book before classes started.

Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction (2nd ed.)

The language is accessible and the ideas enlightening, (although the author has a terribly annoying fondness for the word 'whilst'). I am just a little over half way through the book, but I am pleased so far at what seems to be the conciseness of this overview of gender, media and identity. This book is perfect for a beginner like myself.

Plain english

This book is amazing. I was struggling to come to grips with Judith Butler (and Foucault). I tried to understand what Butler had written and found it too dense. I tried to read those who had interpreted her and found them even worse. Then I read Media, Gender, and Identity and the sections on Butler and Foucault (written in plain English). There followed a period of 'enlightenment'.

excellent introduction, not only for media students!

There are dozens of books on popular culture and its relation to gender and identity issues out there, but this one is extraordinary: concise, up-to-date, and very readable. Mr Gauntlett wrote not only an introduction to the main theories of popular culture like Giddens, Foucault or queer theory - he illustrated all the discussed theoretical concepts with recent examples like movies, TV series, music, websites, and magazines.If you are a student of media studies and always wanted to know how popular culture influences our lifestyles and our concepts of gender and identity - grab this book! It is well written and clearly structured with plenty of cross-references and suggestions for further reading. A unique feature is the accompanying website where additional material can be found.