Gender in the Media

Niall Richardson is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK. Sadie Wearing is Lecturer in Gender Theory, Culture and Media at the London School of Economics, UK.

• Introduction: Gender and RepresentationPART I: QUESTIONS OF THEORY1. Feminisms2. Masculinities3. Beyond the Two Gender System: Queer TheoryPART II: MEDIA CASE STUDIES4. 'Quality' Television Drama5. The Make-Over Show6. Celebrity Bodies and Lifestyle Magazines7. New Media and 'Performing' Gender: Online Dating.

"With refreshing clarity and insight, Gender and the Media condenses a body of challenging critical theory with consummate rigour in ways that undergraduates will find both accessible and thought-provoking. Its media case studies, from make-over TV to online dating sites and quality television drama, are timely and illuminating, as the authors examine a range of examples from popular culture to demonstrate the magnitude of the politics at stake. This is an essential text for students seeking both an introduction to key debates surrounding gender and the media, and an understanding of how this powerful conjunction is constructed and experienced in the everyday world." - Deborah Jermyn, Reader in Film and Television, University of Roehampton, UK