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Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 1st pbk ed.
Acknowledgment
Introduction
Part I. Television
1. Domesticating Matrimonial Monstrosity: Bridezillas and Narratives of Feminine Containment / Alyssa Ann Samek
2. The Reality of Televised Motherhood: The Personal Quest and Feminine Test of Kate Gosselin / Mary Frances Casper / Deneen Gilmour
3. Marriage, Friendship, and Scandal: Constructing a Typology of Media Representation of Women in Desperate Housewives / Paula Hopeck / Rececca K. Ivic
4. Ancient Archetypes in Modern Media / Deborah A. Macey
5. Christian Patriarchy Lite: TLC's 19 Kids and Counting / Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles
Part II. Film
6. Punishing Unfaithful Wives and Working Mothers: Messages of Postfeminism in Contemporary Film / Erika M. Thomas
7. Love and Lack: Media, Witches, and Normative Gender Roles / Victoria L. Godwin
8. Head Above Water: Applying Nussbaum's "Capabilities Approach" to Deepa Mehtas 2005 Film / Lauren J. DeCarvalho
Part III. News Coverage
9. Feminine Style and Militant Motherhood in Antiwar Discourse: Cindy Sheehan as Grieving Mother and/or Left-Leaning Radical / Heidi E. Hamilton
10. Grisly Mama: Carnivorous Media Coverage of Sarah Palin / Alena Amato Ruggerio
11. "Stand by Your Man" Revisited: Political Wives and Scandal / Hinda Mandell
12. "Taking Care of the Children and the Country": Nancy Pelosi and the Trope of Motherhood in Partisan and Mainstream Media / Sheryl L. Cunningham
13. Local Media Madness: How One City's Media Helped Perpetuate the Myth of the "Perfect" Coach's Wife / Diana L. Tucker
14. Who's Framing Whom? Michele Bachmann and the (Primary) Politics of Motherhood / Ann E. Burnette
Part IV. Internet
15. Momtinis, Not Martyrs: Examining 'Anti-Mon' Blogs, Muted Groups, Standpoints, and the Struggle over Motherhood / Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest
16. Love Thy Mother? Traitorous Constructions of Motherhood in "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" Campain / Dacia Charlesworth
17. Taking the Audience Perspective: Online Fan Commentary about the Brides of Mad Men and Their Weddings / Lynne M. Webb / Marceline Thompson Hayes / Hao-Chieh Chang / Marcia M. Smith
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ISBN
073919304
9780739193044
9780739193044
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