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Misogyny in American Culture by
The essays contained in this two-volume set explore misogyny within various areas of American culture to demonstrate its pervasiveness and identify common foundations of its many presentations. Beyond a basic definition of misogyny, which includes hatred of women and girls and the ways in which this hatred and distrust influences action, speech, discrimination, policy, and culture in the United States, this project also aims to expand and complicate definitions of misogyny in order to provide readers with a robust introduction to and understanding of the larger topic.
Deadly Persuasion by
Deadly Persuasion discusses the advertising establishment, revealing what advertisers know about human nature and how they exploit it to make a profit.
Provocateur by
This well illustrated book looks behind the scenes of contemporary culture to help us understand the hidden messages and social meanings of advertising, arguably the most powerful cultural and economic institution on earth today. Cortese's careful exploration of the advertising media and specific ads focuses on depictions of women and minorities to unravel the opportunism inherent in ideologies of domination and control in contemporary commerce. His deep reading of the meaning of contemporary advertising will fascinate all media followers and serve as an excellent text for any course in media, communications, and cultural studies.
Gender Advertisements by
Gender Advertisements probes the ways in which advertising portrays male-female roles and relationships, probing discrepancies between natural social behavior and images perpetuated in advertisements and commercials.
A World Made Sexy by
The cult of eroticism is a pervasive force in modern society, affecting almost every aspect of our daily lives. In this book, Paul Rutherford argues that this phenomenon is a product of one of the major commercial and political enterprises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the creation of desire - for sex, for wealth, and for entertainment. A World Made Sexy examines museum exhibitions, art, books, magazines, films, and television to explore the popular rise of eroticism in America and across the developed world. Starting with a brief foray into the history of pornography, Rutherford goes on to explore a sexual liberation movement shaped by the ideas of Marx and Freud, the erotic styles of Salvador Dali and pop art, the pioneering use of publicity as erotica by Playboy and other media, and the growing concerns of cultural critics over the emergence of a regime of stimulation. In one case study, Rutherford pairs James Bond and Madonna in order to examine the link between sex and aggression. He details how television advertising after 1980 constructed a theatre of the libido to entice the buying public, and concludes by situating the cultivation of eroticism in the wider context of Michel Foucault's views on social power and governmentality, and specifically how they relate to sexuality, during the modern era. A World Made Sexy is about power and pleasure, emancipation and domination, and the relationship between the personal passions and social controls that have crafted desire.
Soap, Sex, and Cigarettes: a cultural history of American advertising by
SOAP, SEX AND CIGARETTES examines how American advertising both mirrors society and creates it. From the first newspaper advertisement in colonial times to today's online viral advertising, the text explores how advertising grew in America, how products and brands were produced and promoted, and how advertisements and agencies reflect and introduce cultural trends and issues. The threads of art, industry, culture, and technology unify the work. The text is chronological in its organization and is lavishly illustrated with advertisements.
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Includes a review of Jean Kilbourne's seminal work, her remarks, and a panel discussion.
Includes a review of Jean Kilbourne's seminal work, her remarks, and a panel discussion.
Jean Kilbourne is an expert in the field on how women are portrayed in advertising. Her work is all over this page. Here are some more of her writings and videos on the subject
Here are videos on the topic. All can be checked out from the library. If the video is available to be streamed, you can click on the cover image to watch.
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women
Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness
The Strength to Resist: Media's Impact on Women & Girls
Cover Girl Culture: Awakening the Media Generation
Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture