Women, violence and the media: readings in feminist criminology
Words that wound : print media's presentation of gendered violence / Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller -- Constructing murderers : female killers of Law and Order / Drew Humphries -- Screening stereotypes : African American women in Hollywood films / Frankie Y. Bailey -- What about women? T...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Boston [u.a.]
Northeastern Univ. Press [u.a.]
2009
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In: | Year: 2009 |
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Summary: | Words that wound : print media's presentation of gendered violence / Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller -- Constructing murderers : female killers of Law and Order / Drew Humphries -- Screening stereotypes : African American women in Hollywood films / Frankie Y. Bailey -- What about women? The representation of women in media, crime, and violence textbooks / Zoann K. Snyder -- Does gender make a difference? the influence of female victimization on media coverage of mass murder incidents / Janice E. Clifford, Carl J. Jensen III, and Thomas A. Petee -- Rapist freed, victim punished : newspaper accounts of violence against women in Bangladesh / Mahfuzul I. Khondaker and Melissa H. Barlow -- Media images of wartime sexual violence : ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia / Yaschica Williams and Janine Bower -- The haunting of Jane Tennison : investigating violence against women in prime suspect / Madelaine Adelman, Gray Cavender, and Nancy C. Jurik -- Victims and sources : newspaper reports of mass murder in domestic contexts / John W. Heeren and Jill Theresa Messing -- Running out of oxygen : is television for women suffocating women? / Emily Lenning and Darrin Kowitz -- Making sense of a female malady : fear of crime, hysteria, and women watching crimewatch UK / Deborah Jermyn -- Victim blaming through high-profile crimes : an analysis of unintended consequences / Lynn S. Chancer |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
Physical Description: | XV, 279 S. |
ISBN: | 9781555537036 1555537030 |