Globalization, Gender Politics, and the Media : From the West to Latin America.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- General Perspectives -- Rationale and Methodology Revisited -- Book Outline -- Notes -- Part I -- 1 Globalization, Gender, and Development -- Introduction -- Critical Perspectives on Development: Assessing the WID and GAD Approaches -- Globalization, Structural Adjustment Programs, and the "Feminization of Poverty" -- Gender, Media, and Development: Setting a Debate -- Notes -- Part II -- 2 Postmodernism, Equality, and Feminism -- What is Feminism? Gender Equality and Why It Matters -- Postmodernism and Post-Feminism: Contemporary Gender Representations -- Notes -- 3 Gender and the Media -- Representations of the "Third World Woman" in the West and Issues of Stereotyping -- PostColonialism and "The Third World Women" in International Media Representations -- Notes -- Part III -- 4 "Women in the Third World" -- Feminists Movements and Struggles in Latin America and Brazil: From the Past to the Present -- The Myth of the "Brazilian Women": Versions of Femininity, the Body, and Beauty -- Notes -- 5 The Media, Advertising, and Images of Femininity -- Gender Representations and the Brazilian Media: An Assessment -- Advertising and Sexism: From Female Magazines to Beer Commercials and International Women's Day -- Notes -- Part IV -- 6 Feminism, Politics, and Democracy -- Introduction -- Gender, Political Philosophy and Democracy -- Feminism, Politics, and the State -- Notes -- 7 Gender Politics, Equality, and New Technologies for Development -- ICTS for Development: Cyberfeminism, Blogging, and the Internet -- Female Political Representation and Gender Politics in Brazil -- Online Media Activism and New Feminist Websites: From Think Olga to Blogueiras Feministas -- Notes -- Part V -- 8 Gender, Development, and Democracy.

Gender Inequality and the Media: Future Challenges and Suggestions for Reform -- Constructing Avenues for Democratic Change: The Future for Gender Equality in Latin America and Brazil-Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- International Reports and Secondary Documents -- Index -- About the Author.

Combining feminist media studies, sociology, and development studies, this book argues for feminist theory and media studies to become more inclusive, strengthening international feminisms and transnational networks of solidarity and support.

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