Description
Book SynopsisFocuses on public and private acts and spaces in media to explore the formation of geographies. Situated at the intersections of cultural geography, feminist geography, and media studies, Marcia R. England's study argues that media both reinforce and subvert traditional notions of public and private spaces through depiction of behaviours and actions within those spheres.
Trade Review"I strongly encourage cultural and feminist geographers to read this book and use it as representative of the work in our discipline. . . . This book is a remarkable achievement, and it made me even more excited about the future of feminist geography and the study of popular culture."—Julian Barr,
Journal of Cultural Geography“With a wealth of examples drawn from comedy, horror, drama, erotica, and reality TV,
Public Privates offers a wonderfully comprehensive look at the dichotomy between public and private space and how it is subtly and complexly gendered.”—Paul C. Adams, professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Texas at Austin and author of
Geographies of Media and Communication “
Public Privates presents new insights into the intersection of media, space, and geography. It will further expand the discourse and provide additional avenues of exploration for other geographers wishing to address this topic. The style is quite readable and is easily understandable, making the key themes easy to grasp. It would make a good textbook for upper-division human geography courses, graduate-level courses, and even courses outside geography such as communications and humanities.”—James Craine, professor of geography at California State University, Northridge, and the editor of
Aether: The Journal of Media GeographyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Welcome to the Hellmouth: Paradoxical Spaces in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Home Is Where the Heart Is: Fast and Furious Geographies
3. Scared to Death: Spaces of J-Horror
4. Visions of Gender: Codings of Televisual Space
5. Navigating Degrassi Community School: Socio-Spatial Identities in Degrassi
6. Big Brother Is Watching You: Why You Should Be Watching Reality TV
7. Kinky Geographies: Sexuality in Mediated Spaces
8. Public Privates Exposed: Media, Gender, and Space
Appendix: Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
