Women and the Media Diverse Perspectives

by Carilli, Theresa; Campbell, Jane; Roy, : Abhik; Shachar, Orly; Gillotti, Catherine; Akita, Kimiko; Negro, Giovanna Del; King, Barbara; Berger, Michele T.; Reichert, Tom; Gadsen; Saito, Shinichi; Ishiyama, Reiko; Lu, Xin-An; Devenish, Linda Y.; R

• ISBN13: 9780761830405
• ISBN10: 0761830405
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-08
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives is an innovative collection of 19 descriptive and empirical articles examining media depictions and highlighting significant contributions. This anthology has a cultural focus and addresses issues of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. With this book, the editors initiate a global dialogue about women and the media, broaden an insular American perspective, and contribute to a growing body of scholarship.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Figures	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
PART ONE: COMMODIFYING AND EXOTICIZING THE FEMALE BODY	1	(116)
The Male Gaze in India's Television Commercials	3	(16)
Abhik Roy
The Israeli Womb: Images of Gendered Nationalism in the Israeli Press	19	(16)
Orly Shachar
Lesbians in Film: An Examination of Intimate Danger	35	(9)
Catherine Gillotti
Hegemony and Sexual Commodification of Women in the Japanese Media	44	(14)
Kimiko Akita
Gender, Class, and Suffering in the Argentinian Telenovela Milagros: An Italian Perspective	58	(8)
Giovanna Del Negro
Images of Gender in Super Bowl Advertising: A Content Analysis	66	(13)
Barbara King
Locating italianita in Nancy Savoca's True Love and Penny Marshall's Riding in Cars with Boys	79	(13)
Theresa Carilli
Embodying Deviance: Representing Women and Drugs in the 1990s	92	(12)
Michele T. Berger
Men Change, Women Stay the Same: Images in Ads Targeted at Young and Mature Adults	104	(13)
Tom Reichert
PART TWO: STEREOTYPICAL DEPICTIONS	117	(50)
Safety and Restriction: The Construction of Black Women's Sexuality in Essence Magazine	119	(17)
Gloria Gadsden
Press Coverage and Awareness of Gender Equality Issues in Japan	136	(11)
Shinichi Saito
Reiko Ishiyama
Women in Propaganda Posters in Post-Liberation China: Portrayals of Insidious Oppression	147	(20)
Xin-An Lu
Linda Y. Devenish
PART THREE: PORTRAYALS OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM	167	(58)
Butterflies and Boobs: Ecofeminine Complicity (or How to Manufacture an Environmental Pin Up Girl)	169	(15)
Tina Richardson
Audrey Vanderford
Performing Politics: Media Aesthetics for Women in Political Campaigns	184	(15)
Lori Montalbano-Phelps
Million Moms, MADD Mothers, and Feminists: Media Coverage of Women Activists	199	(13)
Angela High-Pippert
A Life's Work: Preserving and Transcending Immigrant Culture	212	(13)
Linda Brigance
PART FOUR: MEDIA PIONEERS	225	(40)
Joan Ganz Cooney: The Children's Television Workshop	227	(13)
Margaret Finucane
Frances Benjamin Johnston: Mother of Photojournalism	240	(10)
Cynthia Lont
Recontextualizing the ``Change:'' Rhetorical and Performative Constructions of Menopause in Cybil	250	(15)
Dacia Charlesworth
Bibliography	265	(4)
Index	269	(10)
About the Contributors	279	(4)
About the Editors	283