Women, violence, and the media : readings in feminist criminology
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Women, violence, and the media : readings in feminist criminology
（The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law / edited by Claire Renzetti）
Northeastern University Press , Published by University Press of New England, c2009
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- Words that wound : print media's presentation of gendered violence / Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller
- Constructing murderers : female killers of Law and order / Drew Humphries
- Screening stereotypes : African American women in Hollywood films / Frankie Y. Bailey
- What about women? The representation of women in media, crime, and violence textbooks / Zoann K. Snyder
- Does gender make a difference? The influence of female victimization on media coverage of mass murder incidents / Janice E. Clifford, Carl J. Jensen III, and Thomas A. Petee
- Rapist freed, victim punished : newspaper accounts of violence against women in Bangladesh / Mahfuzul I. Khondaker and Melissa H. Barlow
- Media images of wartime sexual violence : ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia / Yaschica Williams and Janine Bower
- The haunting of Jane Tennison : investigating violence against women in Prime suspect / Madelaine Adelman, Gray Cavender, and Nancy C. Jurik
- Victims and sources : newspaper reports of mass murder in domestic contexts / John W. Heeren and Jill Theresa Messing
- Running out of oxygen : is "television for women" suffocating women? / Emily Lenning and Darrin Kowitz
- Making sense of a female malady : fear of crime, hysteria, and women watching Crimewatch UK / Deborah Jermyn
- Victim blaming through high-profile crimes : an analysis of unintended consequences / Lynn S. Chancer
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Through the lens of feminist criminology, this volume examines the complex interrelationship of women, violence, and media presentations. The book is divided into three sections. The first, "Gendering Constructions," lays the groundwork for the volume by examining the print media's presentation of gendered violence, female killers on Law and Order, African American women in Hollywood films, and women in media, crime, and violence textbooks. The second section, "Debating the Issues," explores aspects of femicide, including mass murder incidents, domestic violence in Bangladesh, and wartime sexual violence in reality and on television. The final section "Changing the Image," focuses on efforts to replace masculine assumptions with constructive approaches to imagining women.
Designed for course adoption, Women, Violence, and the Media emphasizes the key themes and critical skills required for media literacy, and the volume offers guidelines for readers on conducting their own research.
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