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Women and Media: International Perspectives

Malden; Oxford: Blackwell (2004), x, 219 pp.

Contains index

ISBN 978-1-4051-1608-4 (hbk); 978-1-4051-1609-1 (pbk)

Signature commbox: 10-Gender-E 2004

1 Introduction / Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen Ross, 1
I. REPRESENTING AND CONSUMING WOMEN, 9
2 Media Coverage of Sexual Violence Against Women and Children / Jenny Kitzinger, 13
3 Exclusion and Marginality: Portrayals of Women in Israeli Media / Dafna Lemish, 39
4 Women Framed: The Gendered Turn in Mediated Politics / Karen Ross, 60
5 The Woman Warrior: A Feminist Political Economic Analysis of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Ellen Riordan, 81
II. WOMEN'S AGENCY IN MEDIA PRODUCTION, 105
6 Feminist Interventions in Newsrooms / Carolyn M. Byerly, 109
7 Working, Watching, and Waiting: Women and Issues of Access, Employment, and Decision-Making in the Media in India / Ammu Joseph, 132
8 "Dangerously Feminine?" Theory and Praxis of Women's Alternative Radio / Caroline Mitchell, 157
9 Cyberspace: The New Feminist Frontier? / Gillian Youngs, 185