Sexual Rhetoric: Media Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender, and Identity

Sexual Rhetoric: Media Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender, and Identity
ISBN-10
0313307881
ISBN-13
9780313307881
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Authors
Meta G. Carstarphen, Susan Zavoina

Description


This work explores, through case studies and critical analyses, how media depictions affect the social construction of gender, sexuality, and identity. Through a combination of historical and contemporary topics, scholars examine the stereotypical portrayal of women and men and the contexts within which these stereotypes are illustrated. The studies also discuss the sociopolitical implications of symbols and images associated with these gender representations. Concrete references to particular media support both the methodological and theoretical approaches of the different essays. These quantitative and qualitative studies expose the myriad ways in which the media intervenes in our perception of popular culture.

Media and mass communication scholars will appreciate the many different media forms these essays encompass. The multicultural and gendered perspectives that comprise these writings will also appeal to students and educators of gender studies and contemporary rhetoric. Chapters are grouped in subsections that include newspaper, visual image in media, magazine, television, video, film, and cyberspace.

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