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Media, gender and identity : an introduction / David Gauntlett.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London ; Routledge, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415396608 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415396615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415396603 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415396611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.3 22
LOC classification:
  • P96.S45 G28 2008
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Contents:
Introduction -- Some background debates -- Representations of gender in the past -- Representations of gender today -- Giddens, modernity and self-identity -- Michel Foucault : discourses and lifestyles -- Queer theory and fluid identities -- Men's magazines and modern masculinities -- Women's magazines and female identities -- Directions for living : role models and self-help discourses -- Exploring identity stories -- Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-307) and index.

Introduction -- Some background debates -- Representations of gender in the past -- Representations of gender today -- Giddens, modernity and self-identity -- Michel Foucault : discourses and lifestyles -- Queer theory and fluid identities -- Men's magazines and modern masculinities -- Women's magazines and female identities -- Directions for living : role models and self-help discourses -- Exploring identity stories -- Conclusions.