Sex & money : feminism and political economy in the media /
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| Imprint: | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002. |
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| Description: | xiii, 312 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Commerce and mass culture series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4617066 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I.. Theorizing the Connections: Sex, Money, Media
- 1.. Intersections and New Directions: On Feminism and Political Economy
- 2.. Feminist Theory and Political Economy: Toward a Friendly Alliance
- 3.. Something Old, Something New: Lingering Moments in the Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism
- II.. In the Public Sphere: Work, Technology, Law
- 4.. An Unsuitable Technology for a Woman? Communication as Circulation
- 5.. The Invisibility of the Everyday: New Technology and Women's Work
- 6.. The Political Economy of Women's Employment in the Information Sector
- 7.. Sexual Harassment as an Economic Concern: Swedish and American Coverage of Astra
- 8.. Single Moms, Quota Queens, and the Model Majority: Putting "Women" to Work in the California Civil Rights Initiative
- 9.. Selling Women (Down the River): Gendered Relations and the Political Economy of Broadcast News
- 10.. Gender and the Political Economy of Newsmaking: A Case Study of Human Rights Coverage
- III.. In the Private Sphere: Entertainment, Identity, Consumption
- 11.. Weighing the Transgressive Star Body of Shelley Duvall
- 12.. Periodical Pleasures: Magazines for U.S. Latinas
- 13.. Born to Shop: Teenage Women and the Marketplace in the Postwar United States
- 14.. Advertising and the Political Economy of Lesbian/Gay Identity
- 15.. Gendering the Commodity Audience: Critical Media Research, Feminism, and Political Economy
- 16.. The Thrill Is Gone: Advertising, Gender Representation, and the Loss of Desire
- 17.. Xuxa at the Borders of U.S. TV: Checked for Gender, Race, and National Identity
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
