Sex & money : feminism and political economy in the media / Eileen R. Meehan, Ellen Riordan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meehan, Eileen R., 1951-

Riordan, Ellen.

Series:

Commerce and mass culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and mass media.

Mass media--Economic aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media and technology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Sex and money

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2002]

Summary:

It all comes down to sex and money: how the media are organized, how they work, what they say, who gets to say it and to whom. That is the message this book delivers -- and then parses for its meaning to society and culture. Forcefully and persuasively, this groundbreaking volume uses the media to show how questions of gender and economics are inextricably linked to issues of power in Western capitalist societies. Integrating political economy and feminism, it offers a new understanding of communication at the personal, experiential, institutional, and structural levels -- and exposes all the subtle and complex ways in which sex and money are sutured into individuals' daily lives.

Contents:

Intersections and new directions : on feminism and political economy / Ellen Riordan

Feminist theory and political economy : toward a friendly alliance / H. Leslie Steeves and Janet Wasko

Something old, something new : lingering moments in the unhappy marriage of marxism and feminism / Lisa McLaughlin

An unsuitable technology for a woman? : communication as circulation / Michèle Martin

The invisibility of the everyday : new technology and women's work / Ellen Balka

The political economy of women's employment in the information sector / Stana Martin

Sexual harassment as an economic concern : Swedish and American coverage of Astra / Nancy Hauserman

Single moms, quota queens, and the model majority : putting "women" to work in the California Civil Rights Initiative / Roopali Mukherjee

Selling women (down the river) : gendered relations and the political economy of broadcast news / Karen Ross

Gender and the political economy of newsmaking : a case study of human rights coverage / Carolyn M. Byerly

Weighing the transgressive star body of Shelley Duvall / Justin Wyatt

Periodical pleasures : magazines for U.S. Latinas / Amy Beer

Born to shop : teenage women and the marketplace in the postwar United States / Angela R. Record

Advertising and the political economy of lesbian/gay identity / Fred Fejes

Gendering the commodity audience : critical media research, feminism, and political economy / Eileen R. Meehan

The thrill is gone : advertising, gender representation, and the loss of desire / Robin Andersen

Xuxa at the borders of U.S. TV : checked for gender, race, and national identity / Ramona Curry and Angharad N. Valdivia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-290) and index.

ISBN:

0816637873

0816637881

OCLC:

47767178