商品簡介
Editors Carilli (communications, Purdue University) and Campbell (English, Purdue University) have assembled 19 contributions arranged in four sections on commodifying and exoticizing the female body, stereotypical depictions, portrayals of political activism, and media pioneers. All but two of the scholarly contributors are based in the US, but coverage includes studies of media in India, Israel, Japan, and China. A sampling of topics, to indicate their range: the construction of Black women's sexuality in Essence magazine; propaganda posters in post-liberation China; images of gender in Super Bowl adertising, and locating italianita in True Love and Riding in Cars with Boys. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Theresa Carilli, Professor of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University.
Jane Campbell, Professor of English at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond,
Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in English from Northern Illinois University.
