Postfeminist War : Women in the Media-Military-Industrial Complex.

By examining news and documentary media produced since September 11, 2001, Vavrus demonstrates that news narratives that include women use feminism selectively in gender equality narratives. She ultimately asserts that such reporting advances post-feminism, which, in tandem with banal militarism, su...

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Main Author: Vavrus, Mary Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2018
Series:War Culture Ser.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:By examining news and documentary media produced since September 11, 2001, Vavrus demonstrates that news narratives that include women use feminism selectively in gender equality narratives. She ultimately asserts that such reporting advances post-feminism, which, in tandem with banal militarism, subtly pushes military solutions for an array of problems women and girls face.
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 pages)
ISBN:9780813576848
0813576849
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.