Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers (Hardcover)

Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the communication discipline to their analyses of how television, film, news coverage, and the Internet shape our expectations of the performance of women's identities. This collection includes studies of Bridezillas, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Sex and the City, Sarah Palin, Nancy Pelosi, The Devil Wears Prada, Practical Magic, "momtini" blogs, and Mad Men fan websites. Readers will learn to apply the insights from each chapter to their own sets of myths, stereotypes, and assumptions about gendered roles, and to recognize the possibilities for both liberation and domination when women's practices of marrying, mating, and mothering are represented and misrepresented in the media. This collection is an essential contribution to media studies and criticism of gender stereotypes in contemporary culture. Read the author's recent interview with Literary Ashland. You can also visit the author's website here.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Editors:	Alena Amato Ruggerio
Contributors:	Ann E. Burnette • Mary Frances Casper • Hao-Chieh Chang • Dacia Charlesworth • Sheryl L Cunningham • Lauren J Decarvalho • Deneen Gilmour • Victoria L Godwin • Heidi E. Hamilton
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-7708-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-7708-7
Barcode:	9780739177082

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