Feminism, Multiculturalism, and the Media

The multiplicity of voices in this volume illustrate the contradictions inherent in multicultural and feminist perspectives on the media. This book breaks new ground by exploring intersecting variables of oppression, from the personal to the political. Compelling case studies illustrate how issues of gender, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation and global origin affect the media coverage, portrayal and reception of individuals. The chapters present theoretical perspectives plus examples of methodologies, focus on topics of current interest and represent a variety of media.

PART ONE: THE PRODUCTION OF INTERVENTIONSFeminist Media Studies in a Global Setting - Angharad N Valdivia Beyond Binary Contradictions and into Multicultural SpectrumsLiving Theory through Practice - Isabel Molina Guzmán Race, Gender and Class in the Everyday Life of a Graduate StudentThree Women, a Mouse, a Microphone, and a Telephone - Lorna Roth, Beverly Nelson, and Kasennahawi Marie David Information (Mis)Management during the Mohawk/Canadian Governments¿ Conflict of 1990Representing Ourselves - Marina Heung Films and Videos by Asian American/Canadian WomenNews, Conciousness, and Social Participation - Carolyn M Byerly The Role of Women¿s Feature Service in World NewsPART TWO: (CON)TEXTUAL ANALYSESLesbian Chic - Marguerite Moritz Our Fifteen Minutes of Celebrity?News Coverage of Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Big Dan¿s Rape Case - Lisa M CuklanzMissing Persons - Jasmine Paul and Bette J Kauffman Working-Class Women and the Movies, 1940-1990Advertising and Mother Nature - Katherine Toland FrithThe `Abortion Clause¿ in US Foreign Population Policy - Rashmi Luthra The Debate Viewed through a Postcolonial Feminist LensPART THREE: COMBINING METHODOLOGIES AND NARRATIVESOrientalization of an "Almost White" Woman - Susan Kray A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Interlocking Effects of Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Mass Media. The Case of the Missing Jewish WomanWatching Tongues Untie(d) while Reading Zami - Frances Negrón-Muntaner Mapping Boundaries in Black Gay and Lesbian NarrativesAfrican American Women between Hopscotch and Hip-Hop - Kyra D Gaunt "Must Be the Music (That¿s Turnin¿ Me On)"