Gender & Pop Culture : A Text-Reader / / edited by Adrienne Trier-Bieniek.

• Superior document: Teaching Gender
• HerausgeberIn: Trier-Bieniek, Adrienne.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Series: Teaching Gender
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Gender & Pop Culture provides a foundation for the study of gender, pop culture and media. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary text provides text-book style introductory and concluding chapters written by the editors, seven original contributor chapters on key topics and written in a variety of writing styles, discussion questions, additional resources and more. Coverage includes: - Foundations for studying gender & pop culture (history, theory, methods, key concepts) - Contributor chapters on media and children, advertising, music, television, film, sports, and technology - Ideas for activism and putting this book to use beyond the classroom - Pedagogical Features - Suggestions for further readings on topics covered and international studies of gender and pop culture Gender & Pop Culture was designed with students in mind, to promote reflection and lively discussion. With features found in both textbooks and anthologies, this sleek book can serve as primary or supplemental reading in undergraduate courses across the disciplines that deal with gender, pop culture or media studies. “An important addition to the fields of gender and media studies, this excellent compilation will be useful to students and teachers in a wide range of disciplines. The research is solid, the examples from popular culture are current and interesting, and the conclusions are original and illuminating. It is certain to stimulate self-reflection and lively discussion.” Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D., author, feminist activist and creator of the Killing Us Softly:Advertising’s Image of Women film series “An ideal teaching tool: the introduction is intellectually robust and orients the reader towards a productive engagement with the chapters; the contributions themselves are diverse and broad in terms of the subject matter covered; and the conclusion helps students take what they have learnt beyond the classroom. I can’t wait to make use of it.” Sut Jhally, Professor of Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,Founder & Executive Director, Media Education Foundation Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Ph.D. is currently an assistant professor of sociology at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. Her first book, Sing Us a Song, Piano Woman: Female Fans and the Music of Tori Amos (Scarecrow, 2013) addresses the ways women use music to heal after experiencing trauma. www.adriennetrier-bieniek.com Patricia Leavy, Ph.D. is an internationally known scholar and best-selling author, formerly associate professor of sociology and the founding director of gender studies at Stonehill College. She is the author of the acclaimed novels American Circumstance and Low-Fat Love and has published a dozen nonfiction books including Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice. www.patricialeavy.com.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy -- Introduction to Gender & Pop Culture / Patricia Leavy and Adrienne Trier-Bieniek -- Blurred Lines of a Different Kind: Sexism, Sex, Media and Kids / Scott Richardson -- Gender and Advertising / Patricia Arend -- From Lady Gaga to Consciousness Rap: The Impact of Music on Gender and Social Activism / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Amanda Pullum -- “As Seen on TV”: Gender, Television, and Popular Culture / Jenn Brandt -- Popular Movies that Teach: How Movies Teach about Schools & Genders / Adam J. Greteman and Kevin J. Burke -- Gender, Sport and Popular Culture / Emily A. Roper and Katherine M. Polasek -- Gender and Technology: Women’s Usage, Creation and Perspectives / Cindy Royal -- Using the Lessons Outside of the Classroom: In Other Words, Now What? / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy -- Further Reading / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy -- About the Contributors / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy -- About the Editors / Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and Patricia Leavy.