Gender in the 2016 US presidential election : Trump, Clinton, and media discourse / Dustin Harp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harp, Dustin, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trump, Donald, 1946---Influence.

Trump, Donald.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham--Influence.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham.

Trump, Donald, 1946-.

Presidents--United States--Election--2016.

Presidents.

Communication in politics--United States--History--21st century.

Communication in politics.

Sex role--Political aspects--United States.

Sex role.

Women presidential candidates--United States.

Women presidential candidates.

Women--Political activity--United States.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Social conditions.

Sex role--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

Women--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Trump, Clinton, and media discourse

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Using a discourse analysis, Dustin Harp investigates media during the 2016 US presidential election to explore how traditional (patriarchal) and feminist ideas about gender played out during the campaign. The book illustrates how these two ideologies competed for space and struggled for discursive authority. A broad range of media texts are examined and "gender moments", where gender became a dominant part of the political conversation, are identified. These include the "nasty woman" and "grab them by the pussy" comments of Donald Trump and the "woman card" played by, and against, Hillary Clinton. Furthermore, Harp reveals how binary notions of gender and stereotypical ideas of how men and women should behave, look, and sound structured the ways Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were talked about in the media. As a counterpoint, the research also shows the ways feminist ideologies worked against the sexism and misogyny which became mainstream in media discourse during the campaign. Students and researchers of Gender Studies will find that the "gender moments" in Gender in the 2016 US Presidential Election tell a broader story about women, gender expectations, and power. They offer important and timely insights about misogyny and sexual harassment in contemporary U.S. culture and feminist resistance in a mediated public sphere."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Gender and politics in a mediated world

Hegemonic masculinity shapes the discourse

Playing the woman's card

Gender expectations: women and the body

Misogyny in the world of political discourse

Shrill nasty woman

Gender, ideology, and political discourse in 2016

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781138052215

1138052213

9781138052239

113805223X

OCLC:

1099539775