Gendered Image of the Magazine Journalist on Television and Screen
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- ISBN 9781032935478
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book extends the study of depictions of the journalist in popular culture by bringing fashion and style magazine journalists into view.
The collection examines magazine offices as glamorous backdrops for television dramas and sitcoms with magazine staff both idolized and satirized in series like Ugly Betty and Suddenly Susan, and films like The Devil Wears Prada. It also examines how iconic magazine editors like Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, and Ita Buttrose are represented in documentaries and fictionalized depictions of their careers. It makes a case that so-called soft journalism and women’s media deserves more critical attention as do contemporary representations of gender and the media’s role in reproducing normative constructions of femininity and masculinity. This edited collection of 14 central chapters draws together scholars working in magazine studies, film, television, gender and cultural studies, fashion and media to interrogate magazine stereotypes and to examine what these shows reveal about magazine media, media reflexivity and the changing media landscape. It also provides an historical overview of the rise of feminism and women’s media and how the magazine and publishing world has adapted to the rise of digital and social media with hybrid models of publishing and content delivery. The case studies included each examine a television series, film, or documentary to explore how representations of magazine editors, journalists and creatives might reinforce or challenge stereotypes about fashion and style journalists and women working in the media.
Readers that are interested in media, fashion, publishing, cultural studies, gender, fat studies and critical race theories will benefit from reading this book.
Rebecca Johinke is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of English and Writing, at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are broad and interdisciplinary, but her work typically examines issues related to gender and popular culture. She has published many articles and chapters on Australian film (car culture and Ozploitation genre films) and about magazines, magazine editors, and the image of the journalist in popular culture. Queens of Print, her first book about Australian magazine editors, was published by Australian Scholarly Publishing in 2019. Her work about writing and the scholarship of teaching and learning also appears in many journals.
