Gendered Transformations: Theory and Practices on Gender and Media (European Communication Research and Education Association)

Annotation Comprising the most current scholarship from leading experts in the fields of gender and media studies, Gendered Transformations offers readers a new foundation from which to reexamine traditional perspectives on gender. Organized into sections concerning representational politics, embodied performance, and social constructions of reality, these essays explore a wide variety of concerns from a similarly wide variety of perspectives, from essentialist to anti-essentialist. A thought-provoking contribution to a number of disparate fields, Gendered Transformations offers a rare interdisciplinary approach to gender that reflects the most recent developments in media theory and methodology Comprising The Most Current Scholarship From Leading Experts In The Fields Of Gender And Media Studies, Gendered Transformations Offers Readers A New Foundation From Which To Reexamine Traditional Perspectives On Gender And Media. Organized Into Sections Concerning Representational Politics, Embodied Performance, And Social Constructions Of Reality, These Essays Explore A Wide Variety Of Concerns From A Similarly Wide Variety Of Perspectives. As Liesbet Van Zoonen States In The Introduction To This Volume: 'in The Current Cultural Condition Of Multimediality And Intertextuality It Makes More Sense, ... [to] See How Particular Media And Media Combinations Are Articulated With [particular Issues] In Situated Diachronic And Synchronic Contexts.' A Thought-provoking Contribution To A Number Of Disparate Fields, Gendered Transformations Offers A Rare Interdisciplinary Approach To Gender That Reflects The Most Recent Developments In Media Theory And Methodology.--page 4 Of Cover. Section 1. Gendered Politics -- Section 2. Embodied Performativities -- Section 3. Gendered Socializations. Edited By Tonny Krijnen, Claudia Alvares And Sofie Van Bauwel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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