Challenging images of women in the media : reinventing women's lives / edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carilli, Theresa.

Campbell, Jane, 1946-

VLeBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in mass media.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenging Images of Women and the Media: Reinventing Women's Lives, edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell, collects fifteen articles addressing the status of women through an examination of depictions of women in the media. With a global focus, this collection scrutinizes issues of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality through a study of gendered media portrayals. By challenging the status quo of media images, the contributors to this essential volume invite a dialogue about women's lives.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Challenging Images of Women in the Media: Reinventing Women's Lives; I: Reinscribing Women's Roles; 1 "Feeling Good Never Looked Better"; 2 Tales from Ooku; 3 Pakistani Media and Disempowerment of Women; 4 Women in Film; II: Political Issues; 5 Mass Media Explain the Global Sex Trade; 6 Gendered Construction of HPV; 7 Who's Afraid of the Pink Chaddi?; III: Westernizing Women; 8 Women of China Magazine; 9 From "Babushki" to "Sexy Babes"; IV: Political Individuals; 10 For and About Women; 11 Angela Merkel Has More to Offer; 12 All Hail the Queen

13 18,000,000 Cracks or How Hillary Almost Became PresidentV: Reflective Essays; 14 Big, Black, Boisterous Badasses; 15 Lesbian Comics; Selected Bibliography; Selected Websites; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-22077-0

1-283-58448-4

9786613896933

0-7391-7699-4

OCLC:

812205410