Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction

This book provided a lot of insight that was relevant to the information covered in my women and gender studies course.

I had to order this book for school and decided to order online because the price was much cheaper than that at the bookstore. I got supersaver shipping (which helped a lot) and I got my book before classes started.

The language is accessible and the ideas enlightening, (although the author has a terribly annoying fondness for the word 'whilst'). I am just a little over half way through the book, but I am pleased so far at what seems to be the conciseness of this overview of gender, media and identity. This book is perfect for a beginner like myself.

This book is amazing. I was struggling to come to grips with Judith Butler (and Foucault). I tried to understand what Butler had written and found it too dense. I tried to read those who had interpreted her and found them even worse. Then I read Media, Gender, and Identity and the sections on Butler and Foucault (written in plain English). There followed a period of 'enlightenment'.

There are dozens of books on popular culture and its relation to gender and identity issues out there, but this one is extraordinary: concise, up-to-date, and very readable. Mr Gauntlett wrote not only an introduction to the main theories of popular culture like Giddens, Foucault or queer theory - he illustrated all the discussed theoretical concepts with recent examples like movies, TV series, music, websites, and magazines.If you are a student of media studies and always wanted to know how popular culture influences our lifestyles and our concepts of gender and identity - grab this book! It is well written and clearly structured with plenty of cross-references and suggestions for further reading. A unique feature is the accompanying website where additional material can be found.