Women, violence, and the media
Subtitle: readings in feminist criminology
By: edited by Drew Humphries.
Contributors: Humphries, Drew.
Series: The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Publisher: University Press of New England; Northeastern University Press; Published by University Press of New England
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lebanon, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781555537036
Subjects: Women -- Crimes against; Violence in women; Rape in mass media; Sex in mass media; Violence in mass media; Feminist theory
Description: Through the lens of feminist criminology, this volume examines the complex interrelationship of women, violence, and media presentations. The book is divided into three sections: the first section lays the groundwork for the volume by examining the print media's presentation of gendered violence; the second section explores aspects of femicide, including mass murder incidents, domestic violence, and wartime sexual violence in reality an on television; the third section focuses on efforts to replace masculine assumptions with constructive approaches to imagining women. -- from Back Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Words that wound : print media's presentation of gendered violence / Michelle L. Meloy and Susan L. Miller; title: Constructing murderers : female killers of Law and Order / Drew Humphries; title: Screening stereotypes : African American women in Hollywood films / Frankie Y. Bailey; title: What about women? The representation of women in media, crime, and violence textbooks / Zoann K. Snyder; title: Does gender make a difference? the influence of female victimization on media coverage of mass murder incidents / Janice E. Clifford, Carl J. Jensen III, and Thomas A. Petee; title: Rapist freed, victim punished : newspaper accounts of violence against women in Bangladesh / Mahfuzul I. Khondaker and Melissa H. Barlow; title: Media images of wartime sexual violence : ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia / Yaschica Williams and Janine Bower; title: The haunting of Jane Tennison : investigating violence against women in prime suspect / Madelaine Adelman, Gray Cavender, and Nancy C. Jurik; title: Victims and sources : newspaper reports of mass murder in domestic contexts / John W. Heeren and Jill Theresa Messing; title: Running out of oxygen : is television for women suffocating women? / Emily Lenning and Darrin Kowitz; title: Making sense of a female malady : fear of crime, hysteria, and women watching crimewatch UK / Deborah Jermyn; title: Victim blaming through high-profile crimes : an analysis of unintended consequences / Lynn S. Chancer.