1st Edition
Diversity in Gender and Visual Representation
Introduction: Diversity in gender and visual representation Russell Luyt, Christina Welch and Rosemary Lobban
1. Visualising the ‘real’ and the ‘fake’: emotion work and the representation of orgasm in pornography and everyday sexual interactions Hannah Frith
2. Death and the erotic woman: the European gendering of mortality in times of major religious change Christina Welch
3. Real and unreal masculinities: the celebrity image in anti-trafficking campaigns Sarah L. Steele and Tyler Shores
4. Does it pay to break male gender stereotypes in advertising? A comparison of advertisement effectiveness between the United Kingdom, Poland and South Africa Magdalena Zawisza, Russell Luyt, Anne Marie Zawadzka and Jacek Buczny
5. Transing the small screen: loving and hating transgender youth in Glee and Degrassi Tom Sandercock
6. Shaping the online fat acceptance movement: talking about body image and beauty standards Adwoa A. Afful and Rose Ricciardelli
7. Diversity in gender and visual representation: a commentary Adrienne Evans
Biography
Russell Luyt is Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Greenwich, UK. As lecturer, his specialisms include social psychology, qualitative methods, and the psychology of gender.
Christina Welch is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, and leads the Masters course in Death, Religion and Culture, at the University of Winchester, UK. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with a research interest in the intersection between religions and material/visual culture. Gender is central to much of her work.
Rosemary Lobban is a research student at the University of Greenwich, UK. She has a background in both media and psychology, having studied and worked in both fields. Her specialisms include representations of gender in advertising, as well as masculinities and femininities from a critical, discursive perspective.
