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Gender and popular culture /

By: Milestone, Katie [author.].
Contributor(s): Meyer, Anneke, 1976- [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2021Edition: Second edition.Description: 276 pages : illustration ; 26 cm.Content type: text | still image | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780745698267; 9780745698267:; 9780745698274.Subject(s): Sex role | Gender identity | Femininity in popular culture | Masculinity in popular culture | Sex role in mass mediaDDC classification: 305.3
Contents:
Introduction -- Gender and the Production of Popular Culture -- Gender and Cultural Work: Post-War to the Late Twentieth Century -- Gender and Cultural Work in the Digital Age -- Discourses, Gender and Popular Culture -- Discourses and Femininity -- Discourses and Masculinity -- Media and Digital Culture, Gender and Power -- Consumer Culture, Audiences and Identity -- Digital Culture, Social Media and Gender -- Gender and Popular Culture in Everyday Spaces -- Conclusion: Prisoners of Gender?.
Summary: This fully updated second edition of 'Gender and Popular Culture' examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of cultural forms - including popular music, social media, television, and magazines - to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, used, and consumed.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- pt. 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 -- pt. II Discourses, Gender and Popular Culture -- 4. Discourses and Femininity -- 5. Discourses and Masculinity -- pt. 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?.

This fully updated second edition of 'Gender and Popular Culture' examines the role of popular culture in the construction of gendered identities in contemporary society. It draws on a wide range of cultural forms - including popular music, social media, television, and magazines - to illustrate how femininity and masculinity are produced, represented, used, and consumed.

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