{"title":"Rosalind Gill","description":"\u003cp\u003eRosalind Gill's works offer insightful explorations into contemporary social and cultural issues, with a focus on the interplay between media, gender, and intimacy. Readers can expect thought-provoking analysis that challenges conventional perspectives and deepens understanding of personal and societal dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer books, situated within Education \u0026amp; Reference, engage critically with themes such as mediated relationships and modern ideals, appealing to those interested in sociology, media studies, and cultural criticism. \u003cem\u003eMediated Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerfect\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify Gill's sharp, rigorous approach to these subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perfect-by-rosalind-gill-9781509549719","title":"Perfect","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial media is replete with images of \u003cem\u003eperfection\u003c\/em\u003e. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not thin enough; not pretty enough; not cool enough. Try too hard and you risk being condemned for being ‘attention-seeking’, don't try hard enough and you're slacking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRosalind Gill challenges polarised perspectives that see young women as either passive victims of social media or as savvy digital natives. She argues the real picture is far more ambivalent. Getting likes and followers and feeling connected to friends feels fantastic, but posting material and worrying about 'haters' causes significant anxieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGill uses young women's own words to show how they feel watched all the time; worry about getting things wrong; and struggle to live up to an ideal of being 'perfect' yet at the same time ‘real’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the wake-up call we all need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso available as an audiobook.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431912390892,"sku":"9781509549719","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509549719.jpg?v=1774557075"},{"product_id":"mediated-intimacy-by-rosalind-gill-9781509509126","title":"Mediated Intimacy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMediated Intimacy\u003c\/em\u003e looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter. By exploring how intimacy is constructed through different media texts, the authors consider which ideas and practices these changing forms of 'sexpertise' open up, and which they close down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book reveals the intimate operation of power in mediated advice, how words and images, stories and sound can work to shore up social injustice. It critically engages with the ideas of choice and responsibility in sex self-help, arguing that these can obscure and\/or justify oppression, even if they are sometimes experienced as empowering and\/or pleasurable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis bold and incisive book provides a radical challenge to the assumptions underlying the sex advice industry, and presents a critical, collaborative and consensual vision for sex advice of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461170610412,"sku":"9781509509126","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509509126-mediated-intimacy.jpg?v=1774960723"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rosalind-gill.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}