{"product_id":"bell-hooks-a-critical-introduction-to-media-and-communication-theory-paperback","title":"bell hooks: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid W. Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCatherine R. Squires\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebell hooks' writings have been touchstones for major debates in the  culture wars , fostering insight into many central questions in communication studies. Her work is vital to students and scholars who explore the ways in which media shape our sense of our selves, our roles, and those with whom we interact. This book provides readers with a measured, contextualized introduction to how hooks' writings on media and culture enhance our understanding of key concepts in communication. hooks' insistence on focusing our attention on the workings of power and the impact of history and her willingness to explore connections between individual and group experiences have produced provocative, fruitful conjectures about media and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine R. Squires (PhD, Northwestern University) is the inaugural John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eAfrican Americans and the Media\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). She has published articles on media and identity in many journals, including \u003ci\u003eCritical Studies in Media Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCommunication Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHarvard International Journal of Press\/Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 129\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52505665634611,"sku":"9781433115868","price":89.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NndXU0tGaEFYdi8vdDNuaXpTRnpXdz09.webp?v=1760227072","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/bell-hooks-a-critical-introduction-to-media-and-communication-theory-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}