Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 9781628920871 (hbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Gender-E 2014
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through personal interviews to politically active women, thus providing the reader with a rare insight into women's agency in the political structures of emerging democracies. Each chapter examines the complex women, politics and media dynamic in a particular nation-state, taking into consideration the specific political, historic and social context. With 23 case studies and interviews from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Russia and the former Soviet republics, this volume will be of interest to students, media scholars and policy makers from developed and emerging democracies." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction, 1
I. FRAMING THE MESSAGE: MEDIATED REPRESENTATIONS AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES
2 The Portrayal of Women Politicians in Israeli Popular Women's Magazines / Einat Lachover, 15
3 Ambiga Sreenevasan and Malaysian Counter-Publics / Mary Griffiths and Sara Chinnasamy, 31
4 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria / Elza Ibroscheva and Maria Raicheva-Stover, 47
5 Zambian Women MPs: An Examination of Coverage by The Post and Zambia Daily Mail / Twange Kasoma, 65
6 Media Visibility of Tunisian Women Politicians in Traditional and New Media: Obstacles to Visibility and Media Coverage Strategies / Maryam Ben Salem and Atidel Majbri, 81
7 Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Current-affairs-based Shows in Pakistani Television Industry / Munira Cheema, 97
8 Between Two Democratic Ideals: Gendering in the Russian Culture of Political Journalism / Liudmila Voronova, 115
9 Becoming Less Gendered: A Comparison of (Inter)National Press Coverage of First Female Government Heads Who Win Again at the Polls / Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno and Ingrid Bachmann, 131
II. MANAGING THE MESSAGE: SELF-REPRESENTATIONS
10 'Cameroon's Female Obama': Deconstructing the Kah Walla Phenomenon in the Context of the 2011 Presidential Elections in Cameroon / Teke Ngomba, 149
11 The Mother of Brazil: Gender Roles, Campaign Strategy, and the Election of Brazil's First Female President / Pedro G. dos Santos and Farida Jalalzai, 167
12 The Visual Framing of Romanian Women Politicians in Personal Campaign Blogs during the 2012 Romanian Parliamentary Elections / Camelia Cmeciu and Monica Patrut, 181
13 Gender, Politics and the Albanian Media: A Women Parliamentarians' Account / Sonila Danaj and Jonila Godole, 199
III. NAVIGATING THE CULTURAL SPACE: RACE, CLASS AND BEAUTY
14 Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile: A Moving Portrait / Claudia Bucciferro, 217
15 Virgin Venuses: Beauty and Purity for 'Public' Women in Venezuela / Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols, 233
16 Ultra-Feminine Women of Power: Beauty and the State in Argentina / Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols, 249
17 Yulia Tymoshenko's Two Bodies / Tatiana Zhurzhenko, 265
I. FRAMING THE MESSAGE: MEDIATED REPRESENTATIONS AND JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES
2 The Portrayal of Women Politicians in Israeli Popular Women's Magazines / Einat Lachover, 15
3 Ambiga Sreenevasan and Malaysian Counter-Publics / Mary Griffiths and Sara Chinnasamy, 31
4 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria / Elza Ibroscheva and Maria Raicheva-Stover, 47
5 Zambian Women MPs: An Examination of Coverage by The Post and Zambia Daily Mail / Twange Kasoma, 65
6 Media Visibility of Tunisian Women Politicians in Traditional and New Media: Obstacles to Visibility and Media Coverage Strategies / Maryam Ben Salem and Atidel Majbri, 81
7 Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Current-affairs-based Shows in Pakistani Television Industry / Munira Cheema, 97
8 Between Two Democratic Ideals: Gendering in the Russian Culture of Political Journalism / Liudmila Voronova, 115
9 Becoming Less Gendered: A Comparison of (Inter)National Press Coverage of First Female Government Heads Who Win Again at the Polls / Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno and Ingrid Bachmann, 131
II. MANAGING THE MESSAGE: SELF-REPRESENTATIONS
10 'Cameroon's Female Obama': Deconstructing the Kah Walla Phenomenon in the Context of the 2011 Presidential Elections in Cameroon / Teke Ngomba, 149
11 The Mother of Brazil: Gender Roles, Campaign Strategy, and the Election of Brazil's First Female President / Pedro G. dos Santos and Farida Jalalzai, 167
12 The Visual Framing of Romanian Women Politicians in Personal Campaign Blogs during the 2012 Romanian Parliamentary Elections / Camelia Cmeciu and Monica Patrut, 181
13 Gender, Politics and the Albanian Media: A Women Parliamentarians' Account / Sonila Danaj and Jonila Godole, 199
III. NAVIGATING THE CULTURAL SPACE: RACE, CLASS AND BEAUTY
14 Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile: A Moving Portrait / Claudia Bucciferro, 217
15 Virgin Venuses: Beauty and Purity for 'Public' Women in Venezuela / Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols, 233
16 Ultra-Feminine Women of Power: Beauty and the State in Argentina / Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols, 249
17 Yulia Tymoshenko's Two Bodies / Tatiana Zhurzhenko, 265
