Gender Books

New and Published Books

1. Black Women in Television

   An Illustrated History and Bibliography

   By George H. Hill, Lorraine Raglin, Chas Floyd Johnson

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This bibliography lists more than 700 articles, books, dissertations, and theses on the participation of African American women in the television industry. Includes materials on specific television personalities and programs, and black women's involvement as producers, news anchors, and editorial...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
2. My New Gender Workbook

   A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity, 2nd Edition

   By Kate Bornstein

   "My Gender Workbook may take a leap of faith to crack open, but the charm, wit, and quiet intelligence of its author will almost undoubtedly keep you along for the whole trip. And it is a trip, let me tell you." —The Toronto Star Cultural theorists have written loads of smart but...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
3. Television and Postfeminist Housekeeping

   No Time for Mother

   By Elizabeth Nathanson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Television Studies

   In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women’s everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers. Her focus on American popular culture from the 1990s through the present reveals two extremes: narratives about women who cannot...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media"

   Narrative Immunity

   By Deb Waterhouse-Watson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. Genre, Gender and the Effects of Neoliberalism

   The New Millennium Hollywood Rom Com

   By Betty Kaklamanidou

   Series: Popular Culture and World Politics

   The romantic comedy has long been regarded as an inferior film genre by critics and scholars alike, accused of maintaining a strict narrative formula which is considered superficial and highly predictable. However, the genre has resisted the negative scholarly and critical comments and for the last...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Gender, Migration and the Media

   Edited by Myria Georgiou

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This volume brings together a number of experts who explore conceptual and policy challenges, as well as empirical realities, associated with gender and migration in highly mediated societies. The need to more systematically address the gendered experience of migration, especially in relation to...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Current Perspectives in Feminist Media Studies

   Edited by Lisa McLaughlin, Cynthia Carter

   Current Perspectives in Feminist Media Studies features contributions written by a diverse group of stellar feminist scholars from around the world. Each contributor has authored a brief, thought-provoking commentary on the current status and future directions of feminist media studies. Although...

   Published September 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Porno? Chic!

   how pornography changed the world and made it a better place

   By Brian McNair

   Porno? Chic! examines the relationship between the proliferation of pornography and sexualised culture in the West and social and cultural trends which have advanced the rights of women and homosexuals. Brian McNair addresses this relationship with an analysis of trends in sexualised culture since...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Communicating Marginalized Masculinities

   Identity Politics in TV, Film, and New Media

   Edited by Ronald L. Jackson II, Jamie E. Moshin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   For years, research concerning masculinities has explored the way that men have dominated, exploited, and dismantled societies, asking how we might make sense of marginalized masculinities in the context of male privilege. This volume asks not only how terms such as men and masculinity are socially...

   Published August 24th 2012 by Routledge
10. Gender, Violence and Popular Culture

    Telling Stories

    By Laura J. Shepherd

    Series: Popular Culture and World Politics

    This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture. Drawing on the latest thinking in critical international relations, media and cultural studies and gender studies, it focuses in particular on a number of popular TV shows including Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge