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REDESIGNING WOMEN

Author : Amanda D. Lotz
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091760
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book REDESIGNING WOMEN written by Amanda D. Lotz and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1990s, American televison audiences witnessed an unprecedented rise in programming devoted explicitly to women. Cable networks such as Oxygen Media, Women's Entertainment Network, and Lifetime targeted a female audience, and prime-time dramatic series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Judging Amy, Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, and Ally McBeal empowered heroines, single career women, and professionals struggling with family commitments and occupational demands. After establishing this phenomenon's significance, Amanda D. Lotz explores the audience profile, the types of narrative and characters that recur, and changes to the industry landscape in the wake of media consolidation and a profusion of channels. Employing a cultural studies framework, Lotz examines whether the multiplicity of female-centric networks and narratives renders certain gender stereotypes uninhabitable, and how new dramatic portrayals of women have redefined narrative conventions. Redesigning Women also reveals how these changes led to narrowcasting, or the targeting of a niche segment of the overall audience, and the ways in which the new, sophisticated portrayals of women inspire sympathetic identification while also commodifying viewers into a marketable demographic for advertisers.

Redesigning Women

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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redesigning Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Author : Lilly J. Goren
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813139074
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book You've Come a Long Way, Baby written by Lilly J. Goren and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Provocative and diverse” essays on the image—and the reality—of feminism in the twenty-first century (Christine A. Kelly, author of Tangled Up in Red, White, and Blue). No matter what brand of feminism one may subscribe to, one thing is indisputable: the role of women in society during the past several decades has changed dramatically, and continues to change in a variety of ways. In You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, Lilly J. Goren and an impressive group of contributors explore the remarkable advancement achieved by American women in a historically patriarchal social and political landscape, while examining where women stand today and contemplating the future challenges they face worldwide. As comprehensive as it is accessible, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby appeals to anyone interested in confronting the struggles and celebrating the achievements of women in modern society. “Some of the articles are down-to-earth, some are down-and-dirty. Some are matter-of-fact, others deliberately argumentative in tone. The book itself is a treasury.” —Lincoln County News

Why Any Woman

Author : Keira V. Williams
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820365580
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Why Any Woman written by Keira V. Williams and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smart Chicks on Screen

Author : Laura Mattoon D'Amore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442237481
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Smart Chicks on Screen written by Laura Mattoon D'Amore and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While women have long been featured in leading roles in film and television, the intellectual depictions of female characters in these mediums are out of line with reality. Women continue to be marginalized for their choices, overshadowed by men, and judged by their bodies. In fact, the intelligence of women is rarely the focus of television or film narratives, and on the rare occasion when smart women are showcased, their portrayals are undermined by socially awkward behavior or their intimate relationships are doomed to perpetual failure. While Hollywood claims to offer a different, more evolved look at women, these movies and shows often just repackage old character types that still downplay the intelligence and savvy of women. In Smart Chicks on Screen: Representing Women’s Intellect in Film and Television, Laura Mattoon D’Amore brings together an impressive array of scholarship that interrogates the portrayal of females on television and in movies. Among the questions that the volume seeks to answer are: In what ways are women in film and television limited, or ostracized, by their intelligence? How do female roles reinforce standards of beauty, submissiveness, and silence over intellect, problem solving, and leadership? Are there women in film and television who are intelligent without also being objectified? The thirteen essays by international, interdisciplinary scholars offer a wide range of perspectives, examining the connections—and disconnections—between beauty and brains in film and television. Smart Chicks on Screen will be of interest to scholars not only of film and television but of women’s studies, reception studies, and cultural history, as well.

Redesigning The American Dream Revised And Updated

Author : Dolores Hayden
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393730944
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Redesigning The American Dream Revised And Updated written by Dolores Hayden and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-09-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a provocative critique of American housing patterns that perpetuate Victorian stereotypes of the home as "woman's place" and the city as "man's world", urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs that an "architecture of gender" creates for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. She traces three models of home in historical perspective to document innovative alternatives for reconstructing neighborhoods.

Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes

Author : Elena Maestri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319627945
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes written by Elena Maestri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the dialogue between Arab media and global developments in the information age, looking at the influence of new technologies in Arab societies and the evolving role of Arab women in ‘old’ and ‘new’ media. By gathering together contributions from both Arab and non-Arab scholars alike, a timely and important collection is presented that sheds new light on the growing involvement, role and image of Arab women in the media.

Women, Violence, and the Media

Author : Drew Humphries
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Violence, and the Media written by Drew Humphries and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2009 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women and the White House

Author : Justin S. Vaughn
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081314101X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Women and the White House written by Justin S. Vaughn and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of state, Clay left an indelible mark on American politics at a time when the country's solidarity was threatened by inner turmoil, and scholars have thoroughly chronicled his political achievements. However, little attention has been paid to his extensive family legacy. In The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch, Lindsey Apple explores the personal history of this famed American and examines the impact of his legacy on future generations of Clays. Apple's study delves into the family's struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War. Apple's extensively researched volume illuminates a little-discussed aspect of Clay's life and heritage, and highlights the achievements and contributions of one of Kentucky's most distinguished families.

Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics

Author : Reginald Wiebe
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648892663
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics written by Reginald Wiebe and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through each of its chapters, 'Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics' examines the complex dynamics of adapting serialized texts. The transmedial adaptation of collaborative and unstable texts does not lend itself to the same strategies as other, more static adaptations such as novels or plays. Building off the foundational work of Linda Hutcheon and Gérard Genette, Polyptych considers the analogy of adaptation as a palimpsest—a manuscript page that has been reused, leaving traces of the previous work behind—as needing to be reevaluated. A polyptych is a multi-panel artwork and provides a new model for analyzing how adaptation works when translating collaborative and unstable texts. Given that most television and comic books are episodic and serialized, and considering that both media are also the cumulative work of many artists, this book offers a series of distanced readings to reassess how adaptation works in this field. Comic book adaptations on television are plentiful and are nearly completely ignored in critical discussions of adaptation. This collection focuses on texts that fall outside the most common subjects of study among the corpus and contributes to expanding the field of inquiry. The book features texts that are subjects of previous academic interest, as well as studies of texts that have never before been critically considered. It also includes an appendix that provides the first list of comic book adaptations on North American television. 'Polyptych' is a unique and timely contribution to dynamic and growing fields of study. The book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of Comic Studies, Adaptation Studies, and Critical Media Studies more broadly, as well as to students undertaking courses on these subjects. It will also appeal to comic book and pop culture fans who wish to expand their knowledge on the subject.

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2015

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1244 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2015 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Redesigning the American Dream

Author : Dolores Hayden
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393303179
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Redesigning the American Dream written by Dolores Hayden and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1986 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted feminist theorist argues for a new conception of architectural design and outlines housing plans that will support new patterns of nurturing and opportunity for a range of individuals and families

The Lifetime Network

Author : Emily L. Newman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786498307
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Lifetime Network written by Emily L. Newman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years, Lifetime has aired a broad range of programming, including original movies, sitcoms, dramas and reality shows. As other networks dedicated to women have come and gone, Lifetime continues to thrive in an ever-expanding cable marketplace, exploring such sensitive topics as race, commercialism, eating disorders, rape and domestic violence. This collection of new essays is the first to focus on Lifetime and the programs that helped define the network's brand that appeals to both viewers and advertisers. Series like Project Runway, Girlfriend Intervention and Army Wives are explored in depth. The contributors discuss the network's large opus of original films, as well at its online presence.

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017

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Download or read book Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society

Author : Debra L. Merskin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483375528
Total Pages : 2169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society written by Debra L. Merskin and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 2169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reference will discuss mass media around the world in their varied forms—newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, books, music, websites, and social media—and will describe the role of each in both mirroring and shaping society.

The Handbook of Communication History

Author : Peter Simonson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415892597
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Communication History written by Peter Simonson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Communication History addresses central ideas, social practices, and media of communication as they have developed across time, cultures, and world geographical regions. It attends to both the varieties of communication in world history and the historical investigation of those forms in communication and media studies. The Handbook editors view communication as encompassing patterns, processes, and performances of social interaction, symbolic production, material exchange, institutional formation, social praxis, and discourse. As such, the history of communication cuts across social, cultural, intellectual, political, technological, institutional, and economic history. The volume examines the history of communication history; the history of ideas of communication; the history of communication media; and the history of the field of communication. Readers will explore the history of the object under consideration (relevant practices, media, and ideas), review its manifestations in different regions and cultures (comparative dimensions), and orient toward current thinking and historical research on the topic (current state of the field). As a whole, the volume gathers disparate strands of communication history into one volume, offering an accessible and panoramic view of the development of communication over time and geographical places, and providing a catalyst to further work in communication history.

The New Woman's Film

Author : Hilary Radner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317286480
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The New Woman's Film written by Hilary Radner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the chick flick arguably in decline, film scholars may well ask: what has become of the woman’s film? Little attention has been paid to the proliferation of films, often from the independent sector, that do not sit comfortably in either the category of popular culture or that of high art––films that are perhaps the corollary of the middle-brow novel, or "smart-chick flicks". This book seeks to fill this void by focusing on the steady stream of films about and for women that emerge out of independent American and European cinema, and that are designed to address an international female audience. The new woman's film as a genre includes narratives with strong ties to the woman’s film of classical Hollywood while constituting a new distinctive cycle of female-centered films that in many ways continue the project of second-wave feminism, albeit in a modified form. Topics addressed include: The Bridges of Madison County (Clint Eastwood, 1995); the feature-length films of Nicole Holofcener, 1996-2013; the film roles of Tilda Swinton; Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008); Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013); Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2012), Belle (Amma Asante, 2013), Fifty Shades of Grey (Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2015) and Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel, 2013-).