10 Book Bibliography

• David Gauntlett: 'Media, gender and identity' Published by: Routledge; 2 edition (18 Mar 2008)

“She doesn’t lead the story, she doesn’t make the central decisions, she doesn’t repeatedly save her male colleague, and she’s not the star of the film.”

"Film... often and anxiously envision women stereotypically as 'good' mothers or 'bad' hysterical careerists"

This book is relevant to my study as it shows in depth analysis of women in the media in the contemporary society and the representation of women in the past. I can use this in my coursework as i can analyse the different representations throughout history. This will also allow me to score marks for discussing historical facts.

• Roger Martin: TV for A level media Published by: Hodder Arnold (25 Aug 2000)

"womens roles and characters changed dramastically during the world war II as men went out to fight"

"David Morley suggested that the way anyting is read will in part be determined by a complex interaction of at least these factors, which inlcude their age, sex, class, culture identity and their experiences."

This book is relevant to my study as the author of the book discusses the different characteristics of females in different types of programmes throughout the TV. It discuss's in detail the evolving of the roles and how they differ today. Its structured to give complete coverage of the topics focused around TV. It has detailed case studies and key critical concepts place media theory in the conext of real scenario's. It is also written by a senior examiner for a leading board, so this then benefits me as it will help me make sure my work is up to statndards.

• Richard Maltby: Popular Culture In The Twentieth Century Published by: Grange Books (1994)

This a relevant book to use as it discuss's the change in womens fashion from the past to contemporary society. It also disscusses issues such as to what extent the media and magazine pressure and influence young women within society to dress and look a certain way. This is relevant as it discusses the issue's that i am researching for my independent study. This links to Ugly Betty aswell as they also are a fashion magazine, which then represents the fashion world that is discussed in this book.

• Bonnie J.Dow: Prime-time Feminism: Television, Media Culture and the Women's Movement Since 1970 Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press (1 Jun 1996)

"Through a womens function as a mother, daughter and sister within her work family, she also becomes the career true women"

"A 24 hour general strike...of all women in america against the concrete conditions of their opressions"

This book allows me to add relevant studies and new feminists into my independent study, as i am looking at representation of women. It allows me link sociology into media and talk about how feminists feel about the representation of women. This book explores the dramatic change of feminism and how their views have changed over time since the first wave of feminism.

• Hollows Joanne: Feminism, femininity and popular culture published by: Manchester University Press (10 Feb 2000)

"Male character is presented as doing a favour for his wife by helping out in order to get in her good books"

"Confirming the nation that it is normal for women to be responsible for domestic labour."

This book again shows feminists ideas of the media, as its focused on the fashion side of things it makes it more relevant for me to use in my independent because as mentioned before Ugly Betty is based around the fashion industry. It focuses on how not following the fashion do's within society is more praised than actually following them. This relates directly to the main character as Betty makes no effort when attending work and is seen as the odd one out in the workforce.

• Laura Mulvey: Visual and Other Pleasures: Collected Writings (Language, discourse, society) Published by: Palgrave Macmillan (1 Mar 1989)

"The woman's lack of a phallus gives meaning to the man's possession of such, and the power and status it brings. This process is both displayed and reinforced in the cinema".

"The female body exists for the pleasure of the male gaze. However, since the female form has no phallus, it is identified with the `threat' of castration and the spectator resorts to either the sadistic, voyeuristic pleasure in the spectacle of the punishment of women, the bearers of guilt (who, being `castrated', must have done something to deserve it) or disavowal of the threat of castration through `fetishism'"

As Laura Mulvey studies the 'male gaze' this relates to my study nicely as i am discussing whether or not the media portray women in way that they are present for male satisfaction. This book argues and discusses all the factors to find out whether the media does or whether the media doesnt.

• Suasn Faludi: Backlash: the undeclared war against women (1991) published by: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reprint edition (1 Sep 1992)

"Women are being 'reduced to mute and incidental characters or banished altogether' in action movies like preditor (1987), lethal weapon (1987) and days of thunder (1990)"

"There is a huge male backlash in society as they are against women in control and power"