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1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I Television : Domesticating matrimonial monstrosity : Bridezillas and narratives of feminine containment / Alyssa Ann Samek -- Reality of televised motherhood : the personal quest and feminine test of Kate Gosselin / Mary Frances Casper, Deneen Gilmour -- Marriage, friendship, and scandal : constructing a typology of media representation of women in Desperate housewives / Paula Hopeck, Rebecca K. Ivic -- Ancient archetypes in modern media / Deborah A. Macey -- Christian patriarchy lite : TLC's 19 kids and counting / Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles -- pt. II Film : Punishing unfaithful wives and working mothers : messages of postfeminism in contemporary film / Erika M. Thomas -- Love and lack : media, witches, and normative gender roles / Victoria L. Godwin -- Head above water : applying Nussbaum's "capabilities approach" in Deepa Mehta's 2005 film / Lauren J. DeCarvalho -- pt. III News coverage : Feminine style and militant motherhood in antiwar discourse : Cindy Sheehan as grieving mother and/or left-leaning radical / Heidi E. Hamilton -- Grisly mama : carnivorous media coverage of Sarah Palin / Alena Amato Ruggerio -- "Stand by your man" revisited : political wives and scandal / Hinda Mandell -- "Taking care of the children and the country" : Nancy Pelosi and the trope of motherhood in partisan and mainstream media / Sheryl L. Cunningham -- Local media madness : how one city's media helped perpetuate the myth of the "perfect" coach's wife / Diana L. Tucker -- Who's framing whom? Michele Bachmann and the (primary) politics of motherhood / Ann E. Burnette -- pt. IV Internet : Momtinis, not martyrs : examining 'anti-mom' blogs, muted groups, standpoints, and the struggle over motherhood / Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest -- Love thy mother? Traitorous constructions of motherhood in "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" campaign / Dacia Charlesworth -- Taking the audience perspective : online fan commentary about the brides of Mad Men and their weddings / Lynne M. Webb, Marceline Thompson Hayes, Hao-Chieh Chang, Marcia M. Smith. |
| Summary |
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 media shape our expectations of the performance of women's domestic roles. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in mass media.
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Women in mass media. |
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Sex role in mass media.
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Sex role in mass media. |
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Brides.
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Brides. |
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Wives.
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Wives. |
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Mothers.
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Mothers. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Mothers. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ruggerio, Alena Amato, 1975- Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012 9780739177082 (DLC) 2012028525 (OCoLC)798060234 |
| ISBN |
9780739177099 (electronic book) |
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0739177095 (electronic book) |
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9780739177082 |
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0739177087 |
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9781283940610 |
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1283940612 |
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