| Local Violence, Global Media: Feminist Analyses of Gendered Representations Contributor(s): McCarthy, Cameron (Editor), Valdivia, Angharad N. (Editor), Cuklanz, Lisa M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433102765 ISBN-13: 9781433102769 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $46.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 362.880 |
| LCCN: 2008043861 |
| Series: Intersections in Communications and Culture: Global Approach |
| Physical Information: 278 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While there exists a wide range of material covering violence against women, very little scholarly attention has been paid to international media treatments of gendered violence. This volume addresses the gap by providing a broad overview of contemporary representations of gendered violence, enabling comparison and contrast in forms of violence and constructions of gender across a wide range of political and geographic contexts. From nonfictional accounts of the mass rapes during the Rwandan genocide to the sexual objectification of women in Serbian media and depictions of prostitute murders in the Chinese media, this book provides an overview of media representations of gendered violence around the globe. In addition to documenting specific challenges and shortcomings of mainstream representations, chapters present insight into the various forms of resistance and hope that exist in each particular area, and analytical essays open up new lines of inquiry by offering an assessment of the uneven changes that feminist activism has enabled around the world. Suitable for students and scholars in women's studies, gender studies, media, sociology, and education, Local Violence, Global Media can be used as a supplementary text in courses on media violence, sociology of media, gendered violence in media, and international perspectives on women's studies. |