Represent!
Studies of Diversity and Popular Media Culture
Frederik Dhaenens
- Represent!
- offers
- insights
- into
- identity
- and
- sociocultural
- diversity
- in
- popular
- media
- culture,
- from
- Game
- of
- Thrones
- to
- hip
- hop.
- It
- addresses
- how
- popular
- media
- texts
- and
- practices
- deal
- with
- diversity
- in
- Western
- societies,
- how
- this
- evolved
- historically,
- and
- how
- it
- can
- be
- critically
- studied.
- Many
- people
- have
- an
- understanding
- of
- what
- 'woke'
- means,
- but
- are
- not
- familiar
- with
- the
- historical
- background
- of
- this
- term.
- Why
- are
- some
- romantic
- comedies
- heteronormative?
- Can
- pop
- music
- emancipate?Six
- thematic
- chapters
- explore
- the
- representation
- of
- gender,
- sexual
- orientation,
- racial
- and
- ethnic
- identity,
- disability,
- and
- social
- class,
- using
- examples
- from
- film,
- television
- and
- popular
- music
- culture.
- The
- aim
- of
- this
- book
- is
- to
- provide
- readers
- with
- comprehensible,
- tangible,
- and
- nuanced
- explanations
- about
- the
- way
- popular
- media
- culture
- has
- dealt
- with
- sociocultural
- diversity
- in
- Western societies.
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