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Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Television | |
Domesticating Matrimonial Monstrosity: Bridezillas and Narratives of Feminine Containment | p. 11 |
The Reality of Televised Motherhood: The Personal Quest and Feminine Test of Kate Gosselin | p. 27 |
Marriage, Friendship, and Scandal: Constructing a Typology of Media Representation of Women in Desperate Housewives | p. 39 |
Ancient Archetypes in Modem Media | p. 49 |
Christian Patriarchy Lite: TLC's 19 Kids and Counting | p. 63 |
Film | |
Punishing Unfaithful Wives and Working Mothers: Messages of Postfeminism in Contemporary Film | p. 77 |
Love and Lack: Media, Witches, and Normative Gender Roles | p. 91 |
Head Above Water. Applying Nussbaum's "Capabilities Approach" to Deepa Mehta's 2005 Film | p. 103 |
News Coverage | |
Feminine Style and Militant Motherhood in Antiwar Discourse: Cindy Sheehan as Grieving Mother and/or Left-Leaning Radical | p. 115 |
Grisly Mama: Carnivorous Media Coverage of Sarah Palin | p. 129 |
"Stand by Your Man" Revisited: Political Wives and Scandal | p. 143 |
"Taking Care of the Children and the Country": Nancy Pelosi and the Trope of Motherhood in Partisan and Mainstream Media | p. 155 |
Local Media Madness: How One City's Media Helped Perpetuate the Myth of the "Perfect" Coach's Wife | p. 169 |
Who's Framing Whom? Michele Bachmann and the (Primary) Politics of Motherhood | p. 181 |
Internet | |
Momtinis, Not Martyrs: Examining 'Anti-Mom' Blogs, Muted Groups, Standpoints, and the Struggle over Motherhood | p. 197 |
Love Thy Mother? Traitorous Constructions of Motherhood in "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" Campaign | p. 209 |
Taking the Audience Perspective: Online Fan Commentary about the Brides of Mad Men and Their Weddings | p. 223 |
Index | p. 237 |
Contributors | p. 243 |
About the Editor | p. 247 |
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