Overview

Sexy Girls, Heroes and Funny Losers: Gender Representations in Children’s TV around the World presents the most comprehensive study to date of gender images on children’s television. Conducted in 24 countries around the world, the study employed different methodologies and analyses. The findings illustrate how stereotypes of femininity and masculinity are constructed and promoted to children. It presents findings that may well require even the most cynical observer to admit that, despite some great strides, children’s television worldwide is still a very conservative force that needs to be reimagined and transformed!

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Author:   Maya Götz ,  Dafna Lemish
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9783631633199

ISBN 10:   363163319
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   28 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Maya Goetz/Dafna Lemish: Preface - How It All Began - Maya Goetz/Dafna Lemish: Introduction - Maya Goetz/Dafna Lemish: Gender Representations in Children's Television Worldwide: A Comparative Study of 24 Countries - Maya Goetz/Margit Herche: Wasp Waists and V-Shape Torso . Measuring the Body of the Global Girl and Boy in Animated Children's Programs - Jeanne Prinsloo: Seductive Little Girls on Children's TV: Sexualization and Gender Relations - Damien Spry: Make Her Skinnier, Make Her Curvier : Sexualised Girlhood in Japanese Cartoons - Maya Goetz/Gunter Neubauer/Reinhard Winter: Heroes, Planners and Funny Losers: Masculinities Represented in Male Characters in Children's TV - Elke Schlote: How Diverse Are Superheroines? Ethnically Diverse Girl Characters in Globalized Children's TV - Dafna Lemish: Without a Family : Representation of Families in Children's TV around the World - Kara Chan: Consumerism and Gender in Children's Television - Maya Goetz/Margit Herche: What Really Annoys Me about the Way Girls and Boys Are Portrayed in Children's Television . Children from 21 Countries Write Illustrated. Letters to TV Producers.

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