Gender and Pop Culture

A Text-Reader (Second Edition)
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41157-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Teaching Gender

Gender and Pop Culture provides a foundation for the study of gender, pop culture, and media. This newly updated edition is comprehensive and interdisciplinary, providing both text-book style introductory and concluding chapters written by the editor. The text includes eight original contributor chapters on key topics and written in a variety of writing styles, discussion questions, additional resources, and more. Coverage includes:

– Foundations for studying gender and pop culture (history, theory, methods, key concepts).

– Contributor chapters on social media, technology, advertising, music, television, film, and sports.

– Ideas for activism and putting this book to use beyond the classroom.

– Pedagogical features.

– Suggestions for further readings on topics covered and international studies of gender and pop culture.

Gender and Pop Culture was designed with students in mind, to promote reflection and lively discussion. With features found in both textbooks and anthologies, this sleek book can serve as a primary or supplemental reading in courses across disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

1. Streaming Transgender: Visualizing Continuity and Change in Transgender Media Representations

alithia zamantakis and J. E. Sumerau

2. Sexism, Sex, Media and Kids

Scott Richardson

3. Gender and Advertising

Patricia Arend

4. Lady Gaga, Lemonade, and Hamilton: The Impact of Music on Gender and Social Activism

Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Amanda Pullum

5. “As Seen on TV”: Gender, Television, and Popular Culture

Jenn Brandt

6. Popular Movies That Teach: How Movies Teach about Schools & Genders

Kevin J. Burke and Adam J. Greteman

7. Gender, Sport, and Popular Culture

Emily A. Roper and Katherine M. Polasek

8. Gender and Technology: Women’s Usage, Creation and Perspectives

Cindy Royal

9. Going beyond the Classroom: What Now?

Adrienne Trier-Bieniek

Further Reading

Notes on Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at Valencia College. She is the author and editor of several books on popular culture, including The Beyoncé Effect (McFarland, 2016), and Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos (Scarecrow, 2013).