Overview

This book builds on existing research in relation to gender in the digital world, focusing on representation, engagement and expression. The contributors deal with a wide range of issues that address three specific themes: social media, body image and identity; feminist activism; and gender and digital narratives. In doing so, they raise important questions about the impact of digital media in everyday life, and make connections between theory and empirical accounts of gender and technology.

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Author:   Barbara Mitra, Senior Lecturer, University of Worcester ,  Sharon Young ,  Mehreen Mirza, Assistant Dean, Social Science and Business, Newman University
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9781538155684

ISBN 10:   1538155680
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   28 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Appendices Introduction: Representation, Engagement and Expression, Sharon Young Chapter 1: The relationship between social media, body image and gender drawing on interviews with teenagers, Barbara Mitra Chapter 2: Girls will be Boys and Boys will be Girls: It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, Mark Vicars and Janine Arantes Chapter 3: “Well yes Sir, I’m Fat, and Yes, Sometimes I’m a Bitch”: Empowering Representations of Fat Identity in Plus-Size Women’s Fashion Blogs, Hanna Limatius Chapter 4: Empowering or silencing: The #MeToo campaign in retrospect, Jemma McCarron and Barbara Mitra Chapter 5: To Scroll, Share and Sign: Young Adults and Digital Feminist Activism, Rebecca Feasey Chapter 6: The Social Media of Loose Women: Taking the Temperature of Popular Feminism, Ruth Garland Chapter 7: Hoping Women: A Case Study on Aspirant Bloggers in Turkey, Melike Asli Sim Chapter 8: “We need men to be Men”: Constructions of Hegemonic Masculinity in Online Responses to the 2019 We Believe Gilette Advertisement, Federica Formato and Amanda Iveson Chapter 9: Gender and New Words in an Online World, Jenny Lewin-Jones Conclusion: Reflection, Mehreen Mirza and Barbara Mitra About the Contributors Index

Reviews

In an era defined by digital advancements and inequalities, Gender in the Digital Sphere offers a thought-provoking exploration of how social media is understood, experienced and deployed in the work of gendered identity construction. Featuring chapters on #MeToo, fashion-blogging, hope labour and body-image, this collection is a must-read for academics and students alike. The essays in this timely collection complicate ready assumptions about digital realms as the new public sphere, illustrating how its identities and practices do not merely represent the translocation of material gendered cultures to virtual spaces but are the nurseries of new forms of participation, remediation and resistance.

In an era defined by digital advancements and inequalities, Gender in the Digital Sphere offers a thought-provoking exploration of how social media is understood, experienced and deployed in the work of gendered identity construction. Featuring chapters on #MeToo, fashion-blogging, hope labour and body-image, this collection is a must-read for academics and students alike. --Beth Johnson, University of Leeds The essays in this timely collection complicate ready assumptions about digital realms as the new public sphere, illustrating how its identities and practices do not merely represent the translocation of material gendered cultures to virtual spaces but are the nurseries of new forms of participation, remediation and resistance. --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University

Author Information

Barbara Mitra is senior lecturer in Media and Culture at the University of Worcester. Sharon Young is course leader in English Literature at the University of Worcester. Mehreen Mirza is associate dean in the Faculty of Arts, Society and Professional Studies at Newman University, Birmingham.

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