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Author Matos, Carolina, 1973- author.

Title Globalization, gender politics, and the media : from the West to Latin America / Carolina Matos
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

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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
Notes3 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 DayNotes; 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 ReformConstructing 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
Summary This book looks at the complexities surrounding the obstacles to the advancement of gender equality in Brazil, where feminism has seen a revival and demands are pressing. Combining feminist media studies, sociology, and development studies, it argues for feminist theory and media studies to become more inclusive, strengthening international feminisms and transnational networks of solidarity and support
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Feminism -- Latin America
Feminism and mass media -- Latin America
Sex role and globalization -- Latin America
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Feminism
Feminism and mass media
Sex role and globalization
Latin America
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016047818
ISBN 9781498512459
1498512453