Feminism, Media, and the Law
Drawing on legal theory, cultural studies, journalism, political science, sociology, and communications, this book presents a collection of essays that explore how the media represents and constructs gender, law, and feminism. Arranged thematically, these twenty-three articles are the work of distinguished academics and activists. Giving fresh and provocative treatments to such complex and topical subjects as hate radio, Anita Hill, popular women's magazines, and the portrayal of women in...
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The growing presence of women in the legal profession and the prominence of law as a site of feminist social change make the complex interrelationship between the media, feminism, and the law a critical concern across disciplines. Drawing on legal theory, cultural studies, journalism, political science, sociology, and communications, this book presents a collection of essays that explore how the media represents and constructs gender, law, and feminism. Arranged thematically, these twenty-three articles are the work of distinguished academics and activists.The collection begins with a section on "Portrayals of Feminism in the Media", which provides historical background on the media's treatment of feminist issues. The anthology proceeds with sections entitled "Feminism, Law, and Popular Culture"; "Essentializing Gender"; and "Media Images of Violence". Giving fresh and provocative treatments to such complex and topical subjects as hate radio, Anita Hill, popular women's magazines, and the portrayal of women in film and television, Feminism, Media, and the Law is required reading for anyone interested in feminism and its relationship to the media.
ContributorsIPortrayals of Feminism in the Media1Introduction32Media Images/Feminist Issues83Hate Radio: Why We Need to Tune In to Limbaugh and Stern224The Making of a "Quota Queen": News Media and the Bias of Objectivity275The Real Real Anita Hill, or the Making of a Backlash Best-Seller416Fear of Feminism: Media Stories of Feminist Victims and Victims of Feminism on College Campuses577Glamour Law: Feminism through the Looking Glass of Popular Women's Magazines72IIFeminism, Law, and Popular Culture8Introduction879The Movie of the Week: Law, Narrativity, and Gender on Prime Time9110Rape on Soaps: The Legal Angle10411Pop Justice: TV, Motherhood, and the Law12012Law and Racial Reelism: Black Women and Celluloid "Legal" Heroines13613Women on Trial: The Female Lawyer in the Hollywood Courtroom146IIIEssentializing Gender14Introduction17115Law, Cultural Media[tion], and Desire in the Lives of Adolescent Girls17716The Politics of Surrogacy Narratives19317"Bad Mothers" and Welfare Reform in Massachusetts: The Case of Claribel Ventura20318Spectacles of the Strange: Envisioning Violence in the Central Park Jogger Trial217IVMedia Images of Violence19Introduction: The Seens and Unseens of Popular Cultural Representation22720Crime News, Crime Fear, and Women's Everyday Lives23521Lesbians, Prostitutes, and Murder: Media Constructs Violence Constructs Power24922Blindfolded: Rape and the Press's Fear of Feminism26723Race under Construction: The Master Narrative of White Supremacy in the Media Representation of African American/Korean American Conflict273References291Table of Cases319
