Sex, Religion, Media

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Each chapter in this unique volume explores intersections of sex, religion, and media in our society. An interdisciplinary cast of contributors examines a wide variety of themes, including entertainment producers' roles in disseminating sexual and religious content; news coverage of stories about sex and religion; religious conservatives' efforts to influence media coverage of sex and 'values;' and how religious consumers are influenced by and react to sexual content in media.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-10-16
Mått151 x 225 x 18 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742515581

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Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: The Engagement and Avoidance of Sex and Religion in Media ProductionChapter 3 Bernarr Macfadden's Physical Culture: Muscles, Morals, and the MillenniumChapter 4 The Whore of Babylon, Suggestibility, and the Art of Sexless Sex in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and DelilahChapter 5 Religious and Sexual Images in Rock Videos: A Second-by-Second AnalysisChapter 6 Sexuality and the Church: The Development of a Muddled MiddleChapter 7 A Broken Trust: Canadian Priests, Pedophilia, and the MediaChapter 8 The Silence of the Jewish Media on Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Jewish CommunityPart 9 Part II: Media Content, Conservatives, Sex, and the "Liberal Establishment"Chapter 10 "I don't need to see the tattooed lady takin' it off": Evangelicals and Representations of Sexuality in Contemporary FilmChapter 11 Donald Wildmon and the American Family AssociationChapter 12 Magazine Coverage of the Man the Networks Love to HateChapter 13 Morality Politics Associated with Abstinence-Only Sex Education Sought as a Remedy to Welfare DependencyPart 14 Part III: Media Content, Liberals, Sex, and the "Conservative Establishment"Chapter 15 The Organ in the Sanctuary: Silent Film and the Paradigmatic Image of the Suspect ClergyChapter 16 Cult Sex: The Mass Media Reporting of Sexual Issues Surrounding New Religious MovementsChapter 17 Issue Culture Analysis and the Gay/Lesbian Religious ControversyChapter 18 The Word on Sex: Biblical Interpretation on the Web and Constructed RealitiesChapter 19 Between Law and Love: Christianity, Politics, and Sexual CitizenshipPart 20 Part IV: Media Agenda-Setting and Cultivation of Religion and SexChapter 21 The Disenchantment of Modern Sexuality: Packaged by Media into Weber's "Iron Cage"Chapter 22 Family, Peers, Religiosity, Electronic Media, and the Risk of Adolescent Sexual ActivityChapter 23 Media Cultivation and Perceptions of Sexual Morality in Church of Christ AdolescentsChapter 24 "Oh God, My Kid Is Gay!" The Effects of Religious Belief and Media Consumption on Parental Ability to Accept a Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual ChildChapter 25 ConclusionChapter 26 Index

A rich collection that does much to lay out the range of work in the field. Claussen demonstrates a keen sense for the issues in this collection that includes a broad cross-section of method, theory, and writing style. . . . Well-structured, engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking. It would serve [as] a substantive reader on the topic for an academic audience or as a text for senior/graduate level students in an appropriate course.