Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 792 pages
• Published by: Sage Publications, Inc
• Edition: 2nd Edition August 15, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 076192261X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0761922612
• Book Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Product Description


Incisive analyses of mass media  including such forms as talk shows, MTV, the Internet, soap operas, television sitcoms, dramatic series, pornography, and advertisingenable this provocative new edition of Gender, Race and Class in Media to engage students in critical mass media scholarship. Issues of power related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a wide range of articles looking at the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption.

Ten new, original essays are included in this text, along with compelling previously published articles and book chapters by both established media scholars and new voices in the field. Together with new section introductions by Gail Dines and Jean Humez, the readings provide a solid yet accessible critical introduction to mass media studies.

Features:

• Authority. Original essays and important reprinted articles from renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume
Original essaysand important reprinted articlesfrom renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume
• Accessibility. Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students
. Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students
• Activist Philosophy. Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism.
. Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism.
• Integrated analysis. Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter.
Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter.

Original essaysand important reprinted articlesfrom renowned scholars comprise this comprehensive and diverse volume . Work in cultural studies and queer theory is made accessible to undergraduate students . Extensive bibliography and media resources encourage conscientious activism. Race is examined throughout the text rather than treated in a separate chapter.

 

New to the Second Edition:

1. Expanded coverage of "queer" representations in mass media
2. New section introductions provide readers with a guide for each section
3. New section on the violence debates and a new section on the Internet
4. Two sections devoted to consumerism, marketing, and advertising

Recommended for courses in mass media, feminist theory, race, class, and gender, and social theory in the Sociology, Communication, and Womens Studies disciplines. Also recommended as a general reference title for scholars and anyone interested in the representation of race, class, and gender in the media.

Book Info
Issues of power related to gender, race, and class are integrated into a wide range of articles looking at the economic and cultural implications of mass media as institutions, including the political economy of media production, textual analysis, and media consumption. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Reader Reviews
First, let me say that the premise of each article was great for a 400- or 500-level college course and prompted many heated discussions. But, along the lines of the other reviewer... how are we to take it seriously when we come across dozens of grammatical errors, missing words (the most prevalent error) and punctuation disasters? It read as though the articles were submitted, read by a third-grader and then stuffed hurriedly into the book for publication. A quick read by the "editors" would have found the vast majority of errors. This is not something isolated, for 3 out of the 4 textbooks I have been assigned this summer session have dozens (yes, "dozens") of grammatical, typographical and punctuation disasters -- books well into their 2nd, 4th and 7th editions. No wonder kids graduating college habitually spell "too" as "to." Fix the errors before you print the third edition!