Notes on Contributors |
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viii | |
Acknowledgments |
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xix | |
Editor's Introduction |
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xx | |
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1 | (104) |
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1 The Geography of Women and Media Scholarship |
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3 | (17) |
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2 Chilean Women in Changing Times: Media Images and Social Understandings |
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20 | (15) |
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3 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria |
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35 | (18) |
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4 Gossip Blogs and `Baby Bumps': The New Visual Spectacle of Female Celebrity in Gossip Media |
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53 | (18) |
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5 Fanfiction and Webnovelas: The Digital Reading and Writing of Brazilian Adolescent Girls |
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71 | (17) |
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6 Virtually Blonde: Blonde Jokes in the Global Age and Postfeminist Discourse |
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88 | (17) |
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Part II Rugged Masculinity and Other Fables |
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105 | (100) |
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7 Men, Masculinities, and the Cave Man |
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107 | (11) |
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8 Rhetorical Masculinity: Authoritative Utterance and the Male Protagonist |
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118 | (17) |
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9 Conan the Blueprint: The Construction of Masculine Prototypes in Genre Films |
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135 | (22) |
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10 Save the Cheerleader, Save the Males: Resurgent Protective Paternalism in Popular Film and Television after 9/11 |
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157 | (17) |
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11 Fucking Vito: Masculinity and Sexuality in The Sopranos |
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174 | (15) |
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12 Studio5ive.com: Selling Cosmetics to Men and Reconstructing Masculine Identity |
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189 | (16) |
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Part III Queering the Pitch |
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205 | (158) |
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13 No Hard Feelings: Reflexivity and Queer Affect in the New Media Landscape |
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207 | (19) |
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14 The L Word: Producing Identities through Irony |
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226 | (15) |
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15 Andro-phobia?: When Gender Queer is too Queer for L Word Audiences |
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241 | (19) |
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16 Questioning Queer Audiences: Exploring Diversity in Lesbian and Gay Men's Media Uses and Readings |
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260 | (17) |
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17 `In Touch' with the Female Body: Cinema, Sport, and Lesbian Representability |
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277 | (17) |
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18 Why Doesn't your Compass Work?: Pirates of the Caribbean, Fantasy Blockbusters, and Contemporary Queer Theory |
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294 | (19) |
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19 Raised Voices: Homophobic Abuse as a Catalyst for Coming Out in US Teen Television Drama Series |
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313 | (13) |
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20 Transmen on the Web: Inscribing Multiple Discourses |
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326 | (18) |
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21 Transgendered Saints and Harlots: Reproduction of Popular Brazilian Transgender Stereotypes through Performance on Stage, on Screen, and in Everyday Life |
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344 | (19) |
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Part IV Women, Men, and Gender |
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363 | (92) |
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22 Sex/Gender and the Media: From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond |
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365 | (18) |
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23 Colin Won't Drink out of a Pink Cup |
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383 | (18) |
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24 Postfeminism Meets Hegemonic Masculinities: Young People Read the `Knowing Wink' in Advertising |
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401 | (18) |
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25 Communication as Commodification: Video Technology and the Gendered Gaze |
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419 | (17) |
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26 Dutch Moroccan Girls Performing their Selves in Instant Messaging Spaces |
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436 | (19) |
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455 | |
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457 | (13) |
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28 Deliciously Consumable: The Uses and Abuses of Irony in `Sex-Trafficking' Campaign Films |
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470 | (17) |
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29 The Sex Inspectors: Self-help, Makeover, and Mediated Sex |
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487 | (15) |
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30 Enacting Bodies: Online Dating and New Media Practices |
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502 | (14) |
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31 Gender and Sexuality in the Internet Era |
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516 | (19) |
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32 Gay for Pay: The Internet and the Economics of Homosexual Desire |
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535 | |
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Index |
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552 | (1) |
Notes on Contributors |
|
viii | |
Acknowledgments |
|
xix | |
Editor's Introduction |
|
xx | |
|
|
1 | (104) |
|
1 The Geography of Women and Media Scholarship |
|
|
3 | (17) |
|
|
2 Chilean Women in Changing Times: Media Images and Social Understandings |
|
|
20 | (15) |
|
|
3 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria |
|
|
35 | (18) |
|
|
|
4 Gossip Blogs and `Baby Bumps': The New Visual Spectacle of Female Celebrity in Gossip Media |
|
|
53 | (18) |
|
|
5 Fanfiction and Webnovelas: The Digital Reading and Writing of Brazilian Adolescent Girls |
|
|
71 | (17) |
|
|
6 Virtually Blonde: Blonde Jokes in the Global Age and Postfeminist Discourse |
|
|
88 | (17) |
|
|
|
Part II Rugged Masculinity and Other Fables |
|
|
105 | (100) |
|
7 Men, Masculinities, and the Cave Man |
|
|
107 | (11) |
|
|
8 Rhetorical Masculinity: Authoritative Utterance and the Male Protagonist |
|
|
118 | (17) |
|
|
9 Conan the Blueprint: The Construction of Masculine Prototypes in Genre Films |
|
|
135 | (22) |
|
|
10 Save the Cheerleader, Save the Males: Resurgent Protective Paternalism in Popular Film and Television after 9/11 |
|
|
157 | (17) |
|
|
|
11 Fucking Vito: Masculinity and Sexuality in The Sopranos |
|
|
174 | (15) |
|
|
12 Studio5ive.com: Selling Cosmetics to Men and Reconstructing Masculine Identity |
|
|
189 | (16) |
|
|
Part III Queering the Pitch |
|
|
205 | (158) |
|
13 No Hard Feelings: Reflexivity and Queer Affect in the New Media Landscape |
|
|
207 | (19) |
|
|
14 The L Word: Producing Identities through Irony |
|
|
226 | (15) |
|
|
15 Andro-phobia?: When Gender Queer is too Queer for L Word Audiences |
|
|
241 | (19) |
|
|
16 Questioning Queer Audiences: Exploring Diversity in Lesbian and Gay Men's Media Uses and Readings |
|
|
260 | (17) |
|
|
|
17 `In Touch' with the Female Body: Cinema, Sport, and Lesbian Representability |
|
|
277 | (17) |
|
|
18 Why Doesn't your Compass Work?: Pirates of the Caribbean, Fantasy Blockbusters, and Contemporary Queer Theory |
|
|
294 | (19) |
|
|
19 Raised Voices: Homophobic Abuse as a Catalyst for Coming Out in US Teen Television Drama Series |
|
|
313 | (13) |
|
|
20 Transmen on the Web: Inscribing Multiple Discourses |
|
|
326 | (18) |
|
|
21 Transgendered Saints and Harlots: Reproduction of Popular Brazilian Transgender Stereotypes through Performance on Stage, on Screen, and in Everyday Life |
|
|
344 | (19) |
|
|
Part IV Women, Men, and Gender |
|
|
363 | (92) |
|
22 Sex/Gender and the Media: From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond |
|
|
365 | (18) |
|
|
23 Colin Won't Drink out of a Pink Cup |
|
|
383 | (18) |
|
|
|
24 Postfeminism Meets Hegemonic Masculinities: Young People Read the `Knowing Wink' in Advertising |
|
|
401 | (18) |
|
|
25 Communication as Commodification: Video Technology and the Gendered Gaze |
|
|
419 | (17) |
|
|
|
|
26 Dutch Moroccan Girls Performing their Selves in Instant Messaging Spaces |
|
|
436 | (19) |
|
|
|
|
455 | (97) |
|
|
457 | (13) |
|
|
28 Deliciously Consumable: The Uses and Abuses of Irony in `Sex-Trafficking' Campaign Films |
|
|
470 | (17) |
|
|
29 The Sex Inspectors: Self-help, Makeover, and Mediated Sex |
|
|
487 | (15) |
|
|
|
30 Enacting Bodies: Online Dating and New Media Practices |
|
|
502 | (14) |
|
|
|
31 Gender and Sexuality in the Internet Era |
|
|
516 | (19) |
|
|
32 Gay for Pay: The Internet and the Economics of Homosexual Desire |
|
|
535 | (17) |
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Index |
|
552 | |