Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader

Coming largely from critical and politically progressive perspectives, 70 readings exploring issues in current media studies are presented by Dines (Wheelock College) and Humez (U. of Massachusetts). The editors draw from the fields of history, literary studies, philosophy, sociology, and psychology to present essays that look at the gender, race, and class issues that arise in examinations of the mass media in the United States. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Jean M. Humez is professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Boston. In addition to media studies courses, she teaches courses in U.S. women's social and cultural history, and in American Studies. She has published books and articles on Shaker women and on African-American women's autobiography, and is at work on a book on Harriet Tubman.