Women in grassroots communication : furthering social change

Author(s)

• Riaño Alcalá, Pilar

Bibliographic Information

Women in grassroots communication : furthering social change

edited by Pilar Riaño

（Communication and human values）

Sage Publications, c1994

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 287-300

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The volume is celebratory in two senses: first, it brings together the experience of many committed media activists whose work is little known; second, at a time when much of the liberation potential of cultural studies is wrapped up in reception studies, it issues a challenge to complacent theorists to turn the computer off and go out and do some active political work in their field. --Intermedia "Pilar Riano's analysis of communication, development, and feminist literature via women as producers of communication is clear, and I think, accurate. I am impressed with the breadth of her knowledge of these fields and her clear thinking and careful organization of the material. . . . I would certainly include a book of this type on the reading list of my course." --Mary Ellen Brown, University of Missouri "A wide-ranging study that addresses key questions in the fields of political science, anthropology, women's studies, development studies, and popular culture as well as communication. Riano and her collaborators move us beyond explanations of women's subordination rooted in notions of passivity and the domestic sphere to an understanding of how women's communicative strategies can propel social change. By placing the particular experiences of women as communicators and organizers within the context of wider sociopolitical realities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America, Women in Grassroots Communication demonstrates the role of communication strategies and processes in social movements that offer the promise of liberation and democratization." --Elizabeth Mahan, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut How and to what extent are women in grassroots communication creating avenues for democratic communication and fostering social change? How is grassroots communication consolidating women's views and perspectives on gender subordination and social transformation? Women in Grassroots Communication brings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe--Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America--to answer these and other questions. First, they review the various frameworks for addressing the relationship between women, participation, and communication, looking at the ways women have been perceived. Next, the authors look at the social roles of women in their communities, their capabilities to communicate, and their informal networks at the local and community levels. The third section focuses on media production and the issues of media competency, identity, representation, evaluation, and group process. Finally, by looking at the connections between women's participatory practices and wider sociopolitical initiatives, the final chapters examine the issues of organization, leadership, and communication strategies. Women in Grassroots Communication is an important reference or supplemental text for anyone working in or studying the field of development, intercultural communication, women's and communication studies, and social change.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: FRAMEWORK Women's Participation in Communication - Pilar Ria[squiggly line above the n]no Elements for a Framework Gender in Communication - Pilar Ria[squiggly line above the n]no Women's Contributions PART TWO: WOMEN AS COMMUNICATIVE SUBJECTS: THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSION Reinforcing Existing Indigenous Communication Skills - Penina Mlama The Use of Dance in Tanzania Cultural Distinctions in Communication Patterns of African-American Women - Susan Y Dyer-Bennem A Sampler Notes for Reflection - Sonia Mu[squiggly line above the n]noz Popular Women and Uses of Mass Media Understanding Women's Grassroots Experiences in Producing and Manipulating Media - Maria Protz PART THREE: WOMAN AS MEDIA PRODUCERS: DEVELOPING MEDIA COMPETENCES Process Video - Jennifer Kawaja Self-Reference and Social Change A Process of Identity De-Construction - Clemencia Rodriguez Latin American Women Producing Video Stories Losing Fear - Carmen Ruiz Video and Radio Productions of Native Aymara Women in Bolivia Shards of Remembrance - Dorothy Kidd One Woman's Archeology of Community Video Being Women in Latin American Popular Radio - Maria Mata PART FOUR: WOMEN AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTORS: BUILDING ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION The WEDNET Initiative - Rose Mensah-Kutin A Sharing Experience Between Researchers and Rural Women Communicating for Empowerment - Sharon Taylor Women's Initiatives to Overcome Poverty in Rural Thailand and Newfoundland Speak Magazine - Libby Lloyd Breaking Barriers and Silences Women as Social Agents of Communication - Rosa Maria Alfaro Social Maternity and Leadership

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Details

• NCID: BA23369965
• ISBN:
  • 0803949057
  • 0803949065
• LCCN: 94004487
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Thousand Oaks ; London ; New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 315 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC10 : 367.2
  • LCC : HQ1240
  • DC20 : 305.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women in development
  • LCSH : Communication in community development
  • LCSH : Women in communication
  • LCSH : Women -- Communication
  • LCSH : Social change
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0512635X