BooK ResearcH

BOOK RESEARCH

1. Jackson, Stevi (1993): Womens Studies, A Reader. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire: Harvester Whealsheaf.

Useful section called Women in the Media (Women and Television) presents the idea that the media is dominated by males and there are less female veiws broadcast in contemporary media.

2. Turner, Graeme (2002): The Film Cultures Reader. New York, USA: Routledge.

Mentions a turn in female cultures including beaty culture and how it is being faded out to make females play more masculine roles to change stereotypes.

3. Cook, Pam (1993): Women and film, a sight and sound reader. 5 Montague Road, London: British Film Institute.

This is about how female film makers are trying to go against the female sex symbol stereotype and tease the male audience into watching films that are not degrading to women but are still sexy in their own way (Annie Sprinkle)

4. Levy, Ariel (2006): Female Chauvanistic Pigs. Kingsway, London: Pocket Books.

Gives an example of a text (Sex in the City) and a potential text for me to talk about in my independant study. Gives the stereotypes which it creates and also the lifestyle and ideology it creates for adolescent minds

5. Walter, Natasha (1998): The New Feminism. Lancaster Place, London: Little Brown.

Talks about womens roles back in the day and how they were expected to be good housewives and involved in family life and to have no job and talks about how the 'new man' as well as modern women are trying to challenege that in contemporary media and also in society.

6. Moore, Susan (1993): Sexuality in Adolescence. New York, USA: Routledge.

How adult behaviour influences adolescence. Also how media models promote sex which is resulting in young teenagers being involved in sex at a early stage in their lives.

7. Murphey, Peter F (2004): Feminism & Masculinities. New York, USA: Oxford United Press.

See's the change in masculinity and femisnism over the years and how it had come from dominance in males to males beings perceived as victims in media.

8.Tooley James (2002): The Miseducation of Women. York Road, London: Continium.

This goes back to the early days of the stereoptye of women and how men and women both pick particular subjects according to their gendre which stereotyped both male n females.

9. Wood, DR. Gary W. (2005): Sex, Lies and Stereotypes. Edgewere Road, London: New Holland Publishers

This focuses on how women and men are shown what they should look like or how they should act and how to fit into their gendre roles (Which they are given). Shows consequences of stereotyping and trying to fit into the role in which you are given.

10. Kaveney, Roz (2006): Teen Dreams: Reading Teen Film and Television from 'Heathers' to 'Veronica Mars'. 6 Salem Road, London: I.B Tauris & Co Ltd.

This looks into different types of Teen movies from the 1980's to todays popular teen movies and how they all generate a false lifestyle and hope for our youth today.