Sex and Money Feminism and Political Economy in the Media

Name: Sex and Money Feminism and Political Economy in the Media
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ISBN: 9780816637881

ISBN-10: 0816637881

ISBN-13: 9780816637881

Edition: 2001

Authors: Eileen R. Meehan, Ellen Riordan

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It all comes down to sex and money: how the media are organized, how they work, what they say, who gets to say it and to whom. That is the message this book delivers -- and then parses for its meaning to society and culture. Forcefully and persuasively, this groundbreaking volume uses the media to show how questions of gender and economics are inextricably linked to issues of power in Western capitalist societies. Integrating political economy and feminism, it offers a new understanding of communication at the personal, experiential, institutional, and structural levels -- and exposes all the subtle and complex ways in which sex and money are sutured into individuals' daily lives. Book…

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 12/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.87" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Theorizing the Connections: Sex, Money, Media



Intersections and New Directions: On Feminism and Political Economy




Feminist Theory and Political Economy: Toward a Friendly Alliance




Something Old, Something New: Lingering Moments in the Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism




In the Public Sphere: Work, Technology, Law



An Unsuitable Technology for a Woman? Communication as Circulation




The Invisibility of the Everyday: New Technology and Women's Work




The Political Economy of Women's Employment in the Information Sector




Sexual Harassment as an Economic Concern: Swedish and American Coverage of Astra




Single Moms, Quota Queens, and the Model Majority: Putting "Women" to Work in the California Civil Rights Initiative




Selling Women (Down the River): Gendered Relations and the Political Economy of Broadcast News




Gender and the Political Economy of Newsmaking: A Case Study of Human Rights Coverage




In the Private Sphere: Entertainment, Identity, Consumption



Weighing the Transgressive Star Body of Shelley Duvall




Periodical Pleasures: Magazines for U.S. Latinas




Born to Shop: Teenage Women and the Marketplace in the Postwar United States




Advertising and the Political Economy of Lesbian/Gay Identity




Gendering the Commodity Audience: Critical Media Research, Feminism, and Political Economy




The Thrill Is Gone: Advertising, Gender Representation, and the Loss of Desire




Xuxa at the Borders of U.S. TV: Checked for Gender, Race, and National Identity



Bibliography


Contributors


Index