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Author: Erika Engstrom ,
Tracy Lucht ,
Tracy Lucht ,
Jane Marcellus
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.50cm
Weight: 0.320kg
ISBN: 9781433133305
ISBN 10: 143313330
Pages: 195
Publication Date: 29 November 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
...a thorough, creative, and well-written contribution to the scholarship examining representations of gender in this popular series... Overall, this contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums. - Heather Lusty, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, in Popular Culture Review The four authors historicize Mad Men's depiction of gender roles, covering power relations between men and women at home and in the workplace, the professional and personal possibilities open to women and how these are explored in the series. As a result, the discussion is primarily geared towards how Mad Men illuminates the past and allows us to reflect on the present. - Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St. Andrews, in Critical Studies in Television A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications. - Joel C. Geske, Iowa State University, in Teen Vogue's list of Epic Feminist Books
...a thorough, creative, and well-written contribution to the scholarship examining representations of gender in this popular series... Overall, this contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums. - Heather Lusty, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, in Popular Culture Review The four authors historicize Mad Men's depiction of gender roles, covering power relations between men and women at home and in the workplace, the professional and personal possibilities open to women and how these are explored in the series. As a result, the discussion is primarily geared towards how Mad Men illuminates the past and allows us to reflect on the present. - Lucy Fife Donaldson, University of St. Andrews, in Critical Studies in Television A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications. - Joel C. Geske, Iowa State University, in Teen Vogue's list of Epic Feminist Books [T]his contribution to gender studies is a fresh and insightful work that offers numerous points of entry for readers, and is a welcome addition to scholarly work on popular mediums. (Heather Lusty, Popular Culture Review 26.1, 2015) A wonderful and fun read. Blends theory with wonderful examples to put the theory into practical applications. (Joel C Geske, Iowa State University)
Author Information
Erika Engstrom (PhD, University of Florida) is Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings. Tracy Lucht (PhD, University of Maryland) is Assistant Professor at Iowa State University. She is the author of Sylvia Porter: America’s Original Personal Finance Columnist. Jane Marcellus (PhD, University of Oregon) is Professor at Middle Tennessee State University. She is the author of Business Girls and Two-Job Wives: Emerging Media Stereotypes of Employed Women. Kimberly Wilmot Voss (PhD, University of Maryland) is Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida. She is the author of The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community.
