"This is my first approach to the theme of 'women and the media,' an attempt to elucidate or analyze continuities and ruptures in the way in which the symbolic order processes the relationship between femininity and modernity in normal times, and in times of criais," Mattelart explains in her Forewo
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rd. "Part One: Everyday Life" discusses the role of the media in shaping women's reality, including their habits as consumers; "Part Two: Modernity" deals with the feminine ideal and the myth of modernity; and "Part Three: Crisis," with an analysis of the decisive ideological role of women in the Chilean coup d'etat of 1973. "Notes and References." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 274)
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"This book aims to acquaint the reader with English-language films whose characters include a woman of color, specifically an American woman character who belongs to a minority group or a woman of the Third World," explains Oshana. Even, as in many cases, when the role is played by a white woman, it
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is included; emphasis is on character of women's roles rather than on the actresses. Coverage is from 1930 to 1983, and consists mainly of films from the U.S., with a few from Britain. No attempt is made to be comprehensive; this, says the author, would be almost impossible because of the number of black and Hispanic women playing servants. Nor are silent films listed. Even so, there are more than 1,700 entries, each of which contains a filmography and brief synopsis. An actress index giving only actresses playing minority roles is followed by a director's index, and a minority/Third World classification index beginning with the 'Arabian Nights' and ending with the South Sea Islands." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1412)
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"Articles, drawn mainly from the Asian and Pacific region, grouped in two parts: "Analysis," reflecting the portrayal of women through myth and the arts in the past and the mass media in the present; and "Action/Alternatives," focusing on attempts made by various women's groups both to protest again
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st existing negative portrayals and to create altematives. In conclusion is an annotated list, "Resources and Networks, " and a bibliography." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 38)
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"This booklet contends that the lifestyle of women in the Third World, including Malaysia, has been influenced by the Western media which represent "the interests and values of an alien and dominant culture" and project a Western brand of consumption which is discriminatory, oppressive and male-orie
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nted. Chapters discuss the use of women in advertising, pornography, sex tourism (a form of prostitution with Westerners), women's magazines, novels, television and film, and newspapers. References, the great majority of which are from Western sources." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 2)
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"Three studies, each backgrounding the press as a whole, its image of women, and their professional status in the mass media." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 11)
"Gallagher has brought together research results culled from hundreds of worldwide reports (many of them in mimeographed forms), articles, fugitive materials, and a lesser number of books (which are much scarcer), to address certain basic questions about the relationship between women and the media.
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The questions: What are the issues? What do we know already? What has been done so far? What remains to be done? She has then related her findings to the needs and possibilities of action. One of the most valuable features of the book is the bibliography of her materials. Appendixes list international feminist publications; directories and guidebooks; seminar proceedings and reports; groups and organizations; formats for media analysis; and the list of references previously mentioned." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 134)
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"During International Women's Year in 1975 one of the problems studied was the role of women vis-a-vis the media. This slim book approaches the problem eclectically: Part I. "Inquiry on Participation of Women in Radio, Television and Film in Four Countries (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and Unit
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ed States)" by Jerzy Toeplitz, Director of the Australian Film and Television School, and Part II. "Women in Cinema," the account of a symposium in which women film workers from many different countries exchanged views on practical and theoretical considerations." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 845)
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"Covers a wide range of books and articles, broken down by media - advertising, broadcasting (radio, television, film), and print (Newspapers and magazines); and within the various media by geographic location - North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Contains a list of the research studies analyzed
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." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 1644)
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"En Inde, les femmes prennent part aux activités des divers secteurs économiques — Ainsi en est-il du secteur de la presse, depuis l'indépendance de l'Inde — Le personnel rédactionnel de plusieurs journaux féminins est entièrement composé de femmes — Celles-ci rédigent, par ailleurs, d
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es articles à caractère culturel, économique et politique — Il n'est pas rare de trouver une cinquantaine de correspondantes au Parlement et d'en rencontrer dans les grandes villes du pays — Toutefois, la rémunération des femmes journalistes reste inférieure à celle des hommes." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2122, topic code 163.1, 110.43)
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"L'auteur fait rapport des travaux accomplis dans le cadre du projet-pilote de Dakar pour la production, l'utilisation et l'évaluation des besoins d'équipement nécessaires à la diffusion des programmesd'éducation pour adultes par la télévision. Le rapport présente, plus précisément, une é
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valuation sociologique et psychologique des effets d'une série d'émissions de télévision consacrée à la santé et à la nutrition sur un public de femmes analphabètes." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 851, topic code 410.330)
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"The author reports on the work accomplished in the Dakar pilot-project for the production, use and evaluation of the equipment required to broadcast educational programmes for adults on television. More specifically the report presents a sociological and psychological evaluation of the effects of a
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series of television broadcasts on health and nutrition on an audience of illiterate women." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 852, topic code 410.330)
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"L'accès de la femme africaine à des cours de formation de journalistes, organisés par l'I.I.P. en Afrique." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 192, topic code 163.21)
"La femme pakistanaise participe de plus en plus à des activités journalistiques." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1630, topic code 110.1, 110.43)
"Les auteurs reproduisent et analysent l'image de la femme, telle qu'elle se présente dans l'ensemble des revues congolaises au cours des années 1954 à 1963 — Des tableaux statistiques illustrent l'évolution de l'opinion publique sur la valeur sociale de la femme (dot, polygamie, etc.)." (Jean
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-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 256, topic code 110.43)
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