Women in Grassroots Communication: Furthering Social Change
Thousand Oaks: Sage (1994), xvii, 315 pp.
Contains glossary pp. 279-286, bibliogr. pp. 287-300, index
Series: Communication and Human Values
ISBN 0-8039-4906-5
Signature commbox: 10-Gender-E 1994
"How and to what extent are women in grassroots communication creating avenues for democratic communication and fostering social change? How is grassroots communication consolidating women's views and perspectives on gender subordination and social transformation? Women in Grassroots Communication brings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe–Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America–to answer these and other questions. First, they review the various frameworks for addressing the relationship between women, participation, and communication, looking at the ways women have been perceived. Next, the authors look at the social roles of women in their communities, their capabilities to communicate, and their informal networks at the local and community levels. The third section focuses on media production and the issues of media competency, identity, representation, evaluation, and group process. Finally, by looking at the connections between women's participatory practices and wider sociopolitical initiatives, the final chapters examine the issues of organization, leadership, and communication strategies." (Publisher description)
I. FRAMEWORK
1 Women's Participation in Communication: Elements for a Framework / Pilar Riaño, 3
2 Gender in Communication: Women's Contributions / Pilar Riaño, 30
II. WOMEN AS COMMUNICATIVE SUBJECTS: THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSION, 45
3 Reinforcing Existing Indigenous Communication Skills: The Use of Dance in Tanzania / Penina Mlama, 50
4 Cultural Distinctions in Communication Patterns of African-American Women: A Sampler / Susan Y Dyer-Bennem, 65
5 Notes for Reflection: Popular Women and Uses of Mass Media / Sonia Muñoz, 84
6 Understanding Women's Grassroots Experiences in Producing and Manipulating Media / Maria Protz, 102
III. WOMAN AS MEDIA PRODUCERS: DEVELOPING MEDIA COMPETENCES, 121
7 Process Video: Self-Reference and Social Change / Jennifer Kawaja, 131
8 A Process of Identity De-Construction: Latin American Women Producing Video Stories / Clemencia Rodríguez, 149
9 Losing Fear: Video and Radio Productions of Native Aymara Women in Bolivia / Carmen Ruíz, 161
10 Shards of Remembrance: One Woman's Archeology of Community Video / Dorothy Kidd, 179
11 Being Women in Latin American Popular Radio / Maria Mata, 192
IV. WOMEN AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTORS: BUILDING ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION, 213
12 The WEDNET Initiative: A Sharing Experience Between Researchers and Rural Women / Rose Mensah-Kutin, 221
13 Communicating for Empowerment: Women's Initiatives to Overcome Poverty in Rural Thailand and Newfoundland/ Sharon Taylor, 235
14 Speak Magazine: Breaking Barriers and Silences / Libby Lloyd, 251
15 Women as Social Agents of Communication: Social Maternity and Leadership / Rosa María Alfaro, 260
1 Women's Participation in Communication: Elements for a Framework / Pilar Riaño, 3
2 Gender in Communication: Women's Contributions / Pilar Riaño, 30
II. WOMEN AS COMMUNICATIVE SUBJECTS: THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSION, 45
3 Reinforcing Existing Indigenous Communication Skills: The Use of Dance in Tanzania / Penina Mlama, 50
4 Cultural Distinctions in Communication Patterns of African-American Women: A Sampler / Susan Y Dyer-Bennem, 65
5 Notes for Reflection: Popular Women and Uses of Mass Media / Sonia Muñoz, 84
6 Understanding Women's Grassroots Experiences in Producing and Manipulating Media / Maria Protz, 102
III. WOMAN AS MEDIA PRODUCERS: DEVELOPING MEDIA COMPETENCES, 121
7 Process Video: Self-Reference and Social Change / Jennifer Kawaja, 131
8 A Process of Identity De-Construction: Latin American Women Producing Video Stories / Clemencia Rodríguez, 149
9 Losing Fear: Video and Radio Productions of Native Aymara Women in Bolivia / Carmen Ruíz, 161
10 Shards of Remembrance: One Woman's Archeology of Community Video / Dorothy Kidd, 179
11 Being Women in Latin American Popular Radio / Maria Mata, 192
IV. WOMEN AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTORS: BUILDING ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION, 213
12 The WEDNET Initiative: A Sharing Experience Between Researchers and Rural Women / Rose Mensah-Kutin, 221
13 Communicating for Empowerment: Women's Initiatives to Overcome Poverty in Rural Thailand and Newfoundland/ Sharon Taylor, 235
14 Speak Magazine: Breaking Barriers and Silences / Libby Lloyd, 251
15 Women as Social Agents of Communication: Social Maternity and Leadership / Rosa María Alfaro, 260
