Feminism, Media, and the Law

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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This collection aims to explore how the media represent and construct gender, law, and feminism. The book consists of both original and published articles and explores depictions of women and legal issues by bringing together discussions from a variety of disciplines by prominent figures such as Deborah Rhode, Patricia Williams, and Martha Fineman. In each section, the articles look at various issues in relation to the media's interaction with feminism and law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-11-06
Mått268 x 179 x 22 mm
Vikt621 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195096293

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PART I: Portrayals of Feminism in the Media 1: Donna E. Young: Introduction 2: Deborah L. Rhode: Media Images/Feminist Issues 3: Patricia J. Williams: Hate Radio: Why we Need to Tune in to Limbaugh and Stern 4: Laurel Leff: The Matking of a "Quota Queen": News Media and the Bias of Objectivity 5: Mary Coombs: The Real Real Anita Hill, or the Making of a Backlash Bestseller 6: Martha T. McCluskey: Fear of Feminism: Media Stories of Feminist Victims and Victims of Feminism on College Campuses 7: Julia E. Hanigsberg: Glamour Law: Feminism through the Looking Glass of Popular Women's Magazines PART II: Feminism, Law, and Popular Culture 8: Susan Bisom-Rapp: Introduction 9: Elayne Rapping: The Movie of the Week: Law, Narrativity, and Gender on Prime Time 10: Dianne L. Brooks: Rape on Soaps: The Legal Angle 11: Isabel Karpin: Pop Justice: TV, Motherhood, and the Law 12: Margaret M. Russell: Law and Racial Reelism: Black Women as Celluloid "Legal" Heroines 13: Cynthia Lucia: Women on Trial: The Female Lawyer in the Hollywood Courtroom PART III: Essentializing Gender 14: Joyce Davis: Introduction 15: Tracy E. Higgins and Deborah L. Tolman: Law, Cultural Media[tion], and Desire in the Lives of Adolescent Girls 16: E. Ann Kaplan: The Politics of Surrogacy Narratives 17: Marie Ashe: "Bad Mothers" and Welfare Reform in Massachusetts: The Case of Claribel Ventura 18: Kristin Bumiller: Spectacles of the Strange: Envisioning Violence in the Central Park Jogger Trial PART IV: Media Images of Violence 19: Lynn S. Chancer: Introduction: The Seens and Unseens of Popular Cultural Representation 20: Kathleen Daly and Amy L. Chasteen: Crime News, Crime Fear, and Women's Everyday Lives 21: Ann Russo: Lesbians, Prostitutes, and Murder: Media Constructs Violence Constructs Power 22: Helen Benedict: Blindfolded: Rape and the Press's Fear of Feminism 23: Lisa C. Ikemoto: Race under Construction: The Master Narrative of White Supremacy in the Media Representation of African American/Korean American Conflict