Holtzman, Linda, 1949-

Media messages what film, television, and popular music teach us about race, class, gender, and sexual orientation / [electronic resource] : Linda Holtzman, Leon Sharpe ; with the assistance of Joseph Farand Gardner. - 2nd ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 534 p.) : ill.

First published 2014 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The connections : life, knowledge, and media -- 2. Gender : in pink and blue and vivid color -- 3. Is the United States a classless society? -- 4. Racing in America : fact or fiction? -- 5. Stories of race in popular culture -- 6. Sexual orientation and the fabrication of "normal".

9781315702469 (ebook : PDF)


Mass media and race relations--United States.
Mass media and sex--United States.
Mass media--Social aspects--united States.
Popular culture--United States.
Social classes--United States.


United States--Social conditions--1980-