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Hi,
My
name is James and I'm currently
writing my university dissertation.
I study media therefore I am
interested in representations
and stereotypes. I'm trying
to obtain information on the
developments of portrayals of
women from roughly the 70s
onwards. I'm just not sure what
feminist texts would be the
best choice and I am hoping
you could advise me?
I
would greatly appreciate the
input and thank you for taking
the time to read my e-mail.
Yours,
James
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Dear
James,
Susan
Douglas' book Where the Girls
Are is a historical look
at how women are portrayed.
Her second book, Listening
In, is about women and radio.
Susan
Faludi's book Backlash
also looks at how women are
portrayed in the media. Also,
Read Majority, Media Minority:
The Cost of Sidelining Women
in Reporting by Laura Flanders
analyzes the fact that those
who create the media (i.e. men)
determine what media gets valued
and what gets overlooked. You
should also reference the work
of Jean Kilbourne, author of
Killing Us Softly. She
focuses on advertising. There
are also a few anthologies:
- Facing
Difference: Race, Gender,
and Mass Media by Shirley
Biagi, Marilyn Kern-Foxworth.
- Gender,
Race and Class in Media
edited by Gail Dines and Jean
M. Humez.
- Women
Transforming Communications
by Donna Allen, Ramona Rush,
and Susan Kaufman.
Assuming
that you have access to a university
library, these books should
be pretty easy for you to find.
I hope that helps and good luck
with your dissertation
--Amy
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