Public Privates

Klappentext Marcia R. England is an associate professor of geography at Miami University in Ohio. Zusammenfassung Focuses 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.

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Marcia R. England is an associate professor of geography at Miami University in Ohio.

Résumé
Focuses 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.

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Acknowledgments
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