[ecrea] new book: Gendered Media

> gendered media:
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> WOMEN, MEN, AND IDENTITY POLITICS
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>                                                         By KAREN ROSS
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> ABOUT THE BOOK
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> Gendered Media addresses the broad topic of 
> gender and media, where 'gender' is not simply a 
> shorthand for 'woman' but also embraces 
> masculinity/ies, queer, lesbian and gay 
> identities. Karen Ross provides the necessary 
> historical context against which to read recent 
> sex- and gender-based media phenomena such as 
> Big Brother, Terminator, girls' use of mobile 
> phones, women news editors, the Wonderbra 
> generation, third wave feminism and the Hillary 
> Clinton/Sarah Palin phenomenon.
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> The book provides an insightful discussion of 
> the ways in which personal identifiers such as 
> woman, man and sexuality are cross-cut by other 
> attributes such as age, ethnicity and disability 
> and thrown into the media mix. In this way, the 
> book engages with the complexity and 
> contradictions of media representations of the 
> constructed idea of women, men and gender. It 
> goes on to consider the ways in which mainstream 
> media?s fascination with stereotyping is being 
> challenged by digital technologies, the internet 
> and the development of Web 2.0 and beyond.
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> PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
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> "An accessible and lively overview of current 
> thinking in this broad field of research from a 
> writer who knows her own mind. The book shows a 
> passionate commitment to feminist activism while 
> also tracing the contradictory messages of 21st 
> century media cultures in the English speaking 
> world."? Jane Arthurs, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
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> ?With this book, Karen Ross has proven once 
> again that she is one of our most engaged and 
> articulate authors on gender and media. She 
> argues convincingly that classic feminist issues 
> of sexuality and representation need to be 
> reinvented and addressed to counter current 
> cultural clichés that mistakenly suggest a 
> crisis of masculinity and the liberation of 
> femininity. A revealing read for students and an 
> inspiring agenda for fellow scholars.? ? Liesbet 
> van Zoonen, Loughborough University, UK; Erasmus University, NL.
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> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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> Karen Ross is professor of media and public 
> communication at the University of Liverpool.
> Special offer:
> 20% discount, please order using this code: 4F9ROSS
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> 2009 ö 212 pagesö Cloth ISBN 978-0-7425-5406-1 ö 
> List Price $49.95 ö Discount price $39.96
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> *Offer expires March 1, 2010 and may not be 
> combined with other offers or discounts.
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> Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group offers 
> special discounts for bulk purchases in the 
> United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations.
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> For more information, please contact Lynsey 
> Weston in the Special Markets Department at 301-459-3366.
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> Karen Ross
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> Professor of Media and Public Communication
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>  and Associate Dean
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> Department of Communication and Media
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> University of Liverpool
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> Roxby Building
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> Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK
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> mob: 07798 884110
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> office: 0151 794 2310
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> e: <mailto:(rossk /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>(rossk /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)
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> Editor, Communication, Culture & Critique: 
> <http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cccr>http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cccr

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