Globalization, gender politics, and the media : from the West to Latin America /
This book looks at the complexities surrounding the obstacles to the advancement of gender equality in Brazil, where feminism has seen a revival and demands are pressing. Combining feminist media studies, sociology, and development studies, it argues for feminist theory and media studies to become m...
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Lexington Books,
2017
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; General Perspectives; Rationale and Methodology Revisited; Book Outline; Notes; Part I; 1 Globalization, Gender, and Development; Introduction; Critical Perspectives on Development: Assessing the WID and GAD Approaches; Globalization, Structural Adjustment Programs, and the "Feminization of Poverty"; Gender, Media, and Development: Setting a Debate; Notes; Part II; 2 Postmodernism, Equality, and Feminism; What is Feminism? Gender Equality and Why It Matters; Postmodernism and Post-Feminism: Contemporary Gender Representations.
- Notes3 Gender and the Media; Representations of the "Third World Woman" in the West and Issues of Stereotyping; PostColonialism and "The Third World Women" in International Media Representations; Notes; Part III; 4 "Women in the Third World"; Feminists Movements and Struggles in Latin America and Brazil: From the Past to the Present; The Myth of the "Brazilian Women": Versions of Femininity, the Body, and Beauty; Notes; 5 The Media, Advertising, and Images of Femininity; Gender Representations and the Brazilian Media: An Assessment.
- Advertising and Sexism: From Female Magazines to Beer Commercials and International Women's DayNotes; Part IV; 6 Feminism, Politics, and Democracy; Introduction; Gender, Political Philosophy and Democracy; Feminism, Politics, and the State; Notes; 7 Gender Politics, Equality, and New Technologies for Development; ICTS for Development: Cyberfeminism, Blogging, and the Internet; Female Political Representation and Gender Politics in Brazil; Online Media Activism and New Feminist Websites: From Think Olga to Blogueiras Feministas; Notes; Part V; 8 Gender, Development, and Democracy.
- Gender Inequality and the Media: Future Challenges and Suggestions for ReformConstructing Avenues for Democratic Change: The Future for Gender Equality in Latin America and Brazil-Concluding Remarks; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; International Reports and Secondary Documents; Index; About the Author.
