Feminism, media, and the law
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Feminism, media, and the law
Oxford University Press, 1997
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-318)
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780195096286
Description
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. It is intended for those interested in feminist issues and how they interact with the media and the law; courses in feminist issues; women and the media; feminist legal studies.
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: pbk ISBN 9780195096293
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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