{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-gender-sex-and-media-isbn-9781444338546","title":"The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media\u003c\/i\u003e offers original insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media, and in doing so, showcases new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together a collection of new, cutting-edge research exploring a number of different facets of the broad relationship between gender and media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond associating gender with man\/woman and instead considers the relationship between the construction of gender norms, biological sex and the mediation of sex and sexuality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers genuinely new insights into the complicated and complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssay topics range from the continuing sexism of TV advertising to ways in which the internet is facilitating the (re)invention of our sexual selves.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Notes on Contributors viii  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor’s Introduction xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Mediated Women 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Geography of Women and Media Scholarship 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarolyn M. Byerly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Chilean Women in Changing Times: Media Images and Social Understandings 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia Bucciferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElza Ibroscheva and Maria Stover\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gossip Blogs and ‘Baby Bumps’: The New Visual Spectacle of Female Celebrity in Gossip Media 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErin Meyers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Fanfiction and Webnovelas: The Digital Reading and Writing of Brazilian Adolescent Girls 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIlana Eleá\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Virtually Blonde: Blonde Jokes in the Global Age and Postfeminist Discourse 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLimor Shifman and Dafna Lemish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Rugged Masculinity and Other Fables 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Men, Masculinities, and the Cave Man 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffery P. Dennis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Rhetorical Masculinity: Authoritative Utterance and the Male Protagonist 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conan the Blueprint: The Construction of Masculine Prototypes in Genre Films 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuido Ipsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Save the Cheerleader, Save the Males: Resurgent Protective Paternalism in Popular Film and Television after 9\/11 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Godfrey and Hannah Hamad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Fucking Vito: Masculinity and Sexuality in The Sopranos 174\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynne Hibberd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Studio5ive.com: Selling Cosmetics to Men and Reconstructing Masculine Identity 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Queering the Pitch 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 No Hard Feelings: Reflexivity and Queer Affect in the New Media Landscape 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatherine Sender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The L Word: Producing Identities through Irony 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Scanlon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Andro- phobia?: When Gender Queer is too Queer for L Word Audiences 241\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca Kern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Questioning Queer Audiences: Exploring Diversity in Lesbian and Gay Men’s Media Uses and Readings 260\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Dhoest and Nele Simons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 ‘In Touch’ with the Female Body: Cinema, Sport, and Lesbian Representability 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKatharina Lindner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Why Doesn’t your Compass Work?: Pirates of the Caribbean, Fantasy Blockbusters, and Contemporary Queer Theory 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Fradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Raised Voices: Homophobic Abuse as a Catalyst for Coming Out in US Teen Television Drama Series 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Berridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Transmen on the Web: Inscribing Multiple Discourses 326\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Heinz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Transgendered Saints and Harlots: Reproduction of Popular Brazilian Transgender Stereotypes through Performance on Stage, on Screen, and in Everyday Life 344\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohannes Sjöberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Women, Men, and Gender\u003c\/b\u003e 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Sex\/Gender and the Media: From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond 365\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCynthia Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Colin Won’t Drink out of a Pink Cup 383\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Mitra and Jenny Lewin- Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Postfeminism Meets Hegemonic Masculinities: Young People Read the ‘Knowing Wink’ in Advertising 401\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSue Abel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Communication as Commodification: Video Technology and the Gendered Gaze 419\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinna Chong, Heather Molyneaux, and Hélène Fournier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Dutch Moroccan Girls Performing their Selves in Instant Messaging Spaces 436\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKoen Leurs and Sandra Ponzanesi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V All about Sex 455\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Sex and the Media 457\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFeona Attwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Deliciously Consumable: The Uses and Abuses of Irony in ‘Sex-Trafficking’ Campaign Films 470\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Arthurs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Sex Inspectors: Self-help, Makeover, and Mediated Sex 487\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Harvey and Rosalind Gill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Enacting Bodies: Online Dating and New Media Practices 502\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBegonya Enguix and Elisenda Ardévol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Gender and Sexuality in the Internet Era 516\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePanayiota Tsatsou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Gay for Pay: The Internet and the Economics of Homosexual Desire 535\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Mercer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 552\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"For instructors looking to expand their students’ knowledge of sexuality and gender beyond simple categorical and inflexible definitions, The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and the Media, edited by Karen Ross, is a gift made even more attractive in that the concepts are explored within the context of many students’ favorite topic: media. Additionally, this volume is a treasure for researchers and theorists looking for a current and diverse collection of original research within this body of knowledge. Key strengths of the text include the clarity of the overall organization, the appealing and thoughtful overview chapters at the beginning of each section, and the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches utilized by the authors.\"  (\u003ci\u003eSex Roles\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKaren Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Media and Public Communication at the University of Liverpool. She has written extensively on the relationships between women and media and between the media and the public. Her recent publications include \u003ci\u003eWomen and Media: International Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (with Carolyn Byerly, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), \u003ci\u003eWomen and Media: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (with Carolyn Byerly, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006), \u003ci\u003eRethinking Media Education: Critical Pedagogy and Identity Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Anita Nowak and Sue Abel, 2007), \u003ci\u003eGendered Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eThe Media and the Public\u003c\/i\u003e (with Stephen Coleman, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). She is the founding editor of the ICA\/Wiley-Blackwell journal \u003ci\u003eCommunication, Culture \u0026amp; Critique\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  This volume represents a fundamental change in how we conceptualize the mediation of gender, sex, and sexualities. It brings together a collection of new research that includes, but also extends beyond, comparisons between woman\/man, into considerations of more complex and fluid notions of sex and identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eEach of the five themes in the collection opens with an authoritative, overview essay that provides a historical overview of the research and scholarship in the particular thematic, giving context to the articles that follow. Ranging across a number of different media, including print, television, and the Internet, this collection explores the ways in which, on the one hand, popular media are complicit in the stereotypical reproduction of sex and gender “norms” and, on the other, the ways in which we are increasingly becoming architects and chroniclers of our differently constituted selves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume showcases new research at the cutting edge of media and communication practice and theory, offering genuinely novel insights into the complex set of relations that exists between gender, sex, sexualities, and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e  “This is a highly exciting and inspiring handbook. Contributors use queer theory and different aspects of feminist and feminist media theory to cover the diverse articulations of gender within nationally specific and generic media contexts. 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