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Overview
The question of the representation of women in the media has been an important one for feminists over the past three decades. This diverse collection of essays represents three major trends in feminist media studies: the liberal feminist perspective, which focuses on the media's tendency to misrepresent and oppress women; the postmodern perspective, which illustrates the ways in which women can participate in, enjoy, and sometimes subvert the dominant media; and the more recent attempts to identify and challenge the subtle backlash that threatens to obliterate feminist gains. The contributors cover a wide range of subjects, from advertisements for women's stockings to the life and death of Princess Diana.
Synopsis
A diverse collection of essays analyzing the representation of women in the media from various feminist perspectives.
Booknews
Twelve contributions discuss a wide range of representations of women in media, incorporating discussion of the broader issues raised by the chosen examples. Topics include movies with both a mass circulation (Ghost) and a more limited audience (My Beautiful Laundrette; women as news anchors; misogyny and misanthropy as reflected in the saga of Anita Hill and the works of David Mamet; and attitudes toward incest as reflected in an Oprah Winfrey documentary on the subject as well as in the claims of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.