Representing Women: Myths of Femininity in the Popular Media

by Myra Macdonald

Overview

This levely and readable book reassesses how women are talked about and constructed visually across a range of popular media. Arguing for the importance of a historical approach, it examines continuities and changes in dominant myths of femininity, especially in the transition from the modern to the postmodern period. The influences of feminism and consumerism on these developments are given particular attention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340580165
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Myra MacDonald is Reader at the University of Stirling, UK

Editorial Reviews

"An extremely useful synthesis of examinations of media images." --CHOICE

From the Publisher

An extremely useful synthesis of examinations of media images.

CHOICE