Women in today's advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to "lean in." The media and government champion women's empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women--lawyers, financial managers, teachers, en…
"Women in today’s advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to ‘lean in.’ The media and government champion women’s empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women—lawyers, financial managers, teachers, en…
Heading Home reveals the stark gap between the promise of gender equality and women's experience of continued injustice. It draws on in-depth interviews with highly educated London women who left paid employment to take care of their children, juxtaposed with media and policy de…
Body Confidence -- Confidence at Work -- Confident Relating -- The "Double Whammy" of the Confidence Culture: Mothering -- Confidence without Borders -- Beyond Confidence. "In Confidence Culture, Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill argue that imperatives directed at women to "love yo…
"In Confidence Culture, Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill argue that imperatives directed at women to "love your body" and "believe in yourself" imply that psychological blocks hold women back rather than entrenched social injustices. Interrogating the prominence of confidence in co…
"Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill examine how imperatives directed at women to "love your body" and "believe in yourself" imply that psychological blocks hold women back rather than entrenched social injustices."--
Part of Polity's 'Global Media and Communication' series, this book provides a cutting edge approach to the traditional topic of media representations by putting it under a global lens.
This book is a systematic, original and lively account of how media representations shape the way we see our and others' lives in a global age. It provides in-depth analysis of a range of international media representations of disaster, war, conflict, migration and celebration. …
Media representation and the global imagination
by Orgad, Shani
fromGlobal media and comunication
Part of Polity's 'Global Media and Communication' series, this book provides a cutting edge approach to the traditional topic of media representations by putting it under a global lens.