TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruggerio,Alena Amato
TI  - Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers
SN  - 0739177087
AV  - P94.5.W65 R84 2012
U1  - 306.8743 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Women in mass media
KW  - Sex role in mass media
KW  - Brides
KW  - Mothers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt.I Television; Domesticating matrimonial monstrosity : Bridezillas and narratives of feminine containment; Alyssa Ann Samek --; The; reality of televised motherhood : the personal quest and feminine test of Kate Gosselin; Mary Frances Casper; Deneen Gilmour --; Marriage, friendship, and scandal : constructing a typology of media representation of women in Desperate housewives; Paula Hopeck; Rebecca K. Ivic --; Ancient archetypes in modern media; Deborah A. Macey --; Christian patriarchy lite : TLC's 19 kids and counting; Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles --; Pt.II Film : Punishing unfaithful wives and working mothers : messages of postfeminism in contemporary film; Erika M. Thomas --; Love and lack : media, witches, and normative gender roles; Victoria L. Godwin --; Head above water : applying Nussbaum's "capabilities approach" in Deepa Mehta's 2005 film; Lauren J. DeCarvalho --; Pt.III News coverage; Feminine style and militant motherhood in antiwar discourse : Cindy Sheehan as grieving mother and/or left-leaning radical; Heidi E. Hamilton --; Grisly mama : carnivorous media coverage of Sarah Palin; Alena Amato Ruggerio --; "Stand by your man" revisited : political wives and scandal; Hinda Mandell --; "Taking care of the children and the country" : Nancy Pelosi and the trope of motherhood in partisan and mainstream media; Sheryl L. Cunningham --; Local media madness : how one city's media helped perpetuate the myth of the "perfect" coach's wife; Diana L. Tucker --; Who's framing whom? Michele Bachmann and the (primary) politics of motherhood; Ann E. Burnette --; Pt.IV Internet; Momtinis, not martyrs : examining 'anti-mom' blogs, muted groups, standpoints, and the struggle over motherhood; Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest --; Love thy mother? Traitorous constructions of motherhood in "Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax" campaign; Dacia Charlesworth --; Taking the audience perspective : online fan commentary about the brides of Mad Men and their weddings; Lynne M. Webb; Marceline Thompson Hayes; Hao-Chieh Chang; Marcia M. Smith
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