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Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers
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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.
Read the author's recent interview with Literary Ashland. You can also visit the author's website here.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780739193044 |
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| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication date: | 03/04/2014 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 258 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Alena Amato Ruggerio is associate professor of communication at Southern Oregon University.
Table of Contents
Part 1. Television Chapter 1. Domesticating Matrimonial Monstrosity: Bridezillas and Narratives of Feminine Containment by Alyssa Ann Samek Chapter 2. The Reality of Televised Motherhood: The Personal Quest and Feminine Test of Kate Gosselin by Mary Frances Casper and Deneen Gilmour Chapter 3. Marriage, Friendship, and Scandal: Constructing a Typology of Media Representation of Women in Desperate Housewives by Paula Hopeck and Rebecca K. Ivic Chapter 4. Ancient Archetypes in Modern Media by Deborah A. Macey Chapter 5. Christian Patriarchy Lite: TLC's 19 Kids and Counting by Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles Part 2. Film Chapter 6. Punishing Unfaithful Wives and Working Mothers: Messages of Postfeminism in Contemporary Film by Erika M. Thomas Chapter 7. Love and Lack: Media, Witches, and Normative Gender Roles by Victoria L. Godwin Chapter 8. Head Above Water: Applying Nussbaum's "Capabilities Approach" to Deepa Mehta's 2005 Film by Lauren J. DeCarvalho Part 3. News Coverage Chapter 9. Feminine Style and Militant Motherhood in Antiwar Discourse: Cindy Sheehan as Grieving Mother and/or Left-Leaning Radical by Heidi E. Hamilton Chapter 10. Grisly Mama: Carnivorous Media Coverage of Sarah Palin by Alena Amato Ruggerio Chapter 11. "Stand by Your Man" Revisited: Political Waves and Scandal by Hinda Mandell Chapter 12. "Taking Care of the Children and the Country": Nancy Pelosi and the Trope of Motherhood in Partisan and Mainstream Media by Sheryl L. Cunningham Chapter 13. Local Media Madness: How One City's Media Helped Perpetuate the Myth of the "Perfect" Coach's Wife by Diana L. Tucker Chapter 14. Who's Framing Whom? Michele Bachmann and the (Primary) Politics of Motherhood by Ann E. Burnette Part 4. Internet Chapter 15. Momtinis, Not Martyrs: Blogs that Recast Motherhood and Muted Groups by Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest Chapter 16. Love Thy Mother? Discrepant Constructions of Motherhood in the "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" Campaign by Dacia Charlesworth Chapter 17. Taking the Audience Perspective: Online Fan Commentary about the Brides of Mad Men and their Weddings by Lynne M. Webb, Marceline Thompson Hayes, Hao-Chieh Chang, and Marcia M. SmithWhat People are Saying About This
Mary-Lou Galician
Alena Amato Ruggerio's anthology offers a stimulating collection of chapters by scholars who discuss the impact of myths and stereotypes in media portrayals of brides, wives, and mothers. What's most intriguing and hopeful is its media literacy approach, which neither wholly blames nor wholly forgives but rather advocates the empowerment of media consumers through critical thinking and social activism that can replace inappropriate and damaging images and perceptions with 'equality and justice.' This collection's excellent chapters provide road maps for this worthy outcome.
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