Ruggerio, Alena Amato,  1975- <br/><br/>
Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers / 
Alena Amato Ruggerio. 
 - ix, 245 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Domesticating matrimonial monstrosity : Bridezillas and narratives of feminine containment /  reality of televised motherhood : the personal quest and feminine test of Kate Gosselin /  Marriage, friendship, and scandal : constructing a typology of media representation of women in Desperate housewives /  Ancient archetypes in modern media /  Christian patriarchy lite : TLC's 19 kids and counting /  Love and lack : media, witches, and normative gender roles /  Head above water : applying Nussbaum's "capabilities approach" in Deepa Mehta's 2005 film /  Feminine style and militant motherhood in antiwar discourse : Cindy Sheehan as grieving mother and/or left-leaning radical /  Grisly mama : carnivorous media coverage of Sarah Palin /  "Stand by your man" revisited : political wives and scandal /  "Taking care of the children and the country" : Nancy Pelosi and the trope of motherhood in partisan and mainstream media /  Local media madness : how one city's media helped perpetuate the myth of the "perfect" coach's wife /  Who's framing whom? Michele Bachmann and the (primary) politics of motherhood /  Momtinis, not martyrs : examining 'anti-mom' blogs, muted groups, standpoints, and the struggle over motherhood /  Love thy mother? Traitorous constructions of motherhood in "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" campaign /  Taking the audience perspective : online fan commentary about the brides of Mad Men and their weddings /  Alyssa Ann Samek --  Mary Frances Casper,  Deneen Gilmour --  Paula Hopeck,  Rebecca K. Ivic --  Deborah A. Macey --  Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles --  Erika M. Thomas --  Victoria L. Godwin --  Lauren J. DeCarvalho --  Heidi E. Hamilton --  Alena Amato Ruggerio --  Hinda Mandell --  Sheryl L. Cunningham --  Diana L. Tucker --  Ann E. Burnette --  Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest --  Dacia Charlesworth --  Lynne M. Webb,  Marceline Thompson Hayes,  Hao-Chieh Chang,  Marcia M. Smith.  Pt.I Television :  The  Pt.II Film : Punishing unfaithful wives and working mothers : messages of postfeminism in contemporary film /  Pt.III News coverage :  Pt.IV Internet : 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0739177087 9780739177082 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012028525 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in mass media.<br/>Sex role in mass media.<br/>Brides<br/>Mothers.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P94.5.W65  / R84 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.8743