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Admen and Eve

The Bible in Contemporary Advertising

by Katie B. Edwards

  • Hardback
  • 162 pages
  • Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

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This remarkable new book, the first of its kind, is an analysis of a phenomenon that biblical scholars have scarcely taken notice of, much less studied critically-the use of the Bible in advertising. Focussing on the figure of Eve, Admen and Eve shows how she has become the ultimate postfeminist icon of female sexual and consumer power, promoting self-regarding individual choice over collective political action for today's 'I'm not a feminist but ...' generation. Contemporary advertising, Edwards shows, deploys a collage of images simultaneously reflecting and dictating the ideals and ideologies that inform much of Western culture. Exploiting the cultural mythology that surrounds Eve, advertisers constantly recycle images of this biblical figure because she is easily recognizable by the target consumer. In so doing, they are shaping how women and men see each other and themselves and how they treat each other and themselves, persuading them to become their culturally dictated dream through the products they consume. Eve in advertising is then a revealing example of how the Bible functions today. But Admen and Eve is not a value-free and apolitical analysis; it is an incitement to the exposure and subversion of today's dominant cultural attitudes to gender roles.
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  • Title

    Admen and Eve

  • Author

    Katie B. Edwards

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Sheffield Phoenix Press

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    405g

  • Page Count

    162

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781907534713

  • ISBN-10

    1907534717

  • Eden Code

    4069132

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