Delights, Desires, and Dilemmas: Essays on Women and the Media

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The question of the representation of women in the media has been an important one for feminists over the past three decades. This diverse collection of essays represents three major trends in feminist media studies: the liberal feminist perspective, which focuses on the media's tendency to misrepresent and oppress women; the postmodern perspective, which illustrates the ways in which women can participate in, enjoy, and sometimes subvert the dominant media; and the more recent attempts to identify and challenge the subtle backlash that threatens to obliterate feminist gains. The contributors cover a wide range of subjects, from advertisements for women's stockings to the life and death of Princess Diana.

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[Hall] offers an eclectic array of studies--including representations of women in both visual and print fields--and the strength of her book lies in the creativity and originality of some of the essays.-Choice
This volume succeeds in meeting the goal of any work on intepreting feminism and the media - by giving the reader fresh eyes with which to examine representations of women.-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
"Hall offers an eclectic array of studies--including representations of women in both visual and print fields--and the strength of her book lies in the creativity and originality of some of the essays."-Choice
"[Hall] offers an eclectic array of studies--including representations of women in both visual and print fields--and the strength of her book lies in the creativity and originality of some of the essays."-Choice
"This volume succeeds in meeting the goal of any work on intepreting feminism and the media - by giving the reader fresh eyes with which to examine representations of women."-Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Author Bio

ANN C. HALL is Chair of the Division of English at Ohio Dominican College. She has published A Kind of Alaska: Women in the Plays of O'Neill, Pinter, and Shepard (1993), as well as numerous articles on modern drama and literature. In addition to her academic experience, she served as a Dramaturg and Education Director for a theatre company for three years.