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

Dines, Gail; McMahon Humez, Jean

ISBN 10: 0803951647 / ISBN 13: 9780803951648

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1995

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1st printing with number 1 in copyright line. Fine with no wear or markings - looks about new. Seller Inventory # 053825

Bibliographic Details

Title: Gender, Race and Class in Media: A ...

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This text introduces students to contemporary media scholarship in an accessible way that builds upon students' own media experiences and interests, analyzing popular genres such as soaps, talk shows, music, pornography, made-for-TV movies, advertising and romance novels.

The introduction delineates the major paradigms in media studies today from a critical/cultural perspective. It outlines the book's integrated approach to media studies which incorporates three distinct but related areas of investigation: political economy of production, textual analysis and audience response/resistance. The introductions to the parts provide a framework for understanding and analyzing how gender, race and class are structural and experiential categories that inform the production, construction and consumption of media representations.

The readings by distinguished contributors are drawn from original essays and influential, previously published articles. They provide a framework for understanding and analyzing how gender, race and class are structural and experiential categories that inform the production, construction and consumption of media representations.

Review:

"The framework used for thinking about the mass media industry is excellent. And . . . the presentation of the material reflects the complexity of the mass media industry in a way that should be quite accessible to students, both conceptually and in terms of specific examples."