LINGUIST List 15.613

Mon Feb 16 2004

Books: Sociolinguistics: Benwell (Ed.)

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. jobrien, Masculinity and Men's Lifestyle Magazines: Benwell (Ed.)

Title: Masculinity and Men's Lifestyle Magazines
Series Title: Sociological Review Monographs
 
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing http://www.blackwellpublishing.com 
 
Book URL: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=1405114630&site=1

Editor: Bethan Benwell, University of Stirling 

Paperback: ISBN: 1405114630, Pages: 270, Price: $34.95

 
Abstract:

This book explores the burgeoning genre of men's lifestyle magazines,
their production and consumption, and related constructions of
masculinity.
- Interdisciplinary exploration of the burgeoning genre of men's
 lifestyle magazines.
- Addresses key questions about the production and consumption of
 men's lifestyle magazines, and their contribution to current gender
 politics.
- Contributors make use of a range of methodologies, including
 interviews with magazine editors, focus groups with readers, corpus
 linguistics and discourse analysis.
- Draws on scholarship from sociology, media studies, cultural studies
 and linguistics.
- Uses new research data, including comparative data from different
 countries, gay magazines and sporting magazines.


Lingfield(s):	Sociolinguistics 

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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