The satellite sex : the media and women's issues in English Canada, 1966-1971 / Barbara M. Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Barbara M., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada--Press coverage.

Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.

Women--Press coverage--Canada--History--20th century.

Women.

Feminism and mass media.

Women--Press coverage.

History.

Press coverage.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xv, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2001]

Contents:

1. "Democracy," "Equal Opportunities" and "Merit": Selling Women's Issues to the Media 19

2. "Top Perch Out for Newshens": Journalistic "Objectivity" on Trial 41

3. "Ladies Reminded They're Women": Framing Feminine/Feminist 73

4. "Accept Us as Individuals in Our Own Right": News of "Equality" 97

5. "Please Don't Price Me Out of My Status!" The Media and "Conflict" in the "Marital Status" Debate 121

6. "Why the Hell Can't We Provide Daycare?" The Media and the "Working Mother" 145

7. "Nobody's Going to Tell Me Whether I'll Have a Baby": The Language of "Freedom of Choice" 165

8. "North or South, It's All the Same": The Media and Aboriginal Women 187

9. "Too Little...Too Late": The Coverage of the Commission's Report, 1970 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0889203709

OCLC:

46661384