Sex scandals, gender, and power in contemporary American politics
By: Hinda Mandell
Series: Gender matters in U.S. politics
Publisher: Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781440843273
Subjects: Political corruption; Sex scandals; Politicians; Sexual behavior; Press coverage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Political Sex Scandals: How and Why Gender Matters -- -- 2.; title: Brief History of Political Sex Scandals -- -- 3.; title: What a Joke: Philandering Politicians Get the Cartoon Treatment -- -- 4.; title: When Mistresses Become Media Starlets: The Ascension of the Political Sex-Scandal Celebrity -- -- 5.; title: Political Wives, Scandal, and the Double Bind: Press Coverage through a Gendered Lens -- -- 6.; title: Have I Got a Story for You: State Lawmakers Confront Scandal in the New York Assembly -- -- 7.; title: "How Can People Be So Dumb and Still Be in Politics?" Public Response to Prominent Scandals -- -- 8.; title: In Sickness and Scandal: Married Couples Navigate Scandal in the News -- -- 9.; title: Concluding Thoughts: Scandal and Gender in the 21st Century.