Women in politics and media : perspectives from nations in transition / [edited by] Maria Raicheva-Stover and Elza Ibroscheva.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Although women constitute half of the world's population, their participation in the political sphere remains problematic. While existing research on women politicians from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada sheds light on the challenges and opportunities they face, we still have a very limited understanding of women's political participation in emerging democracies. Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives From Nations in Transition is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been 'the usual suspects'; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through personal interviews to politically active women, thus providing the reader with a rare insight into women's agency in the political structures of emerging democracies. Each chapter examines the complex women, politics and media dynamic in a particular nation-state, taking into consideration the specific political, historic and social context. With 23 case studies and interviews from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Russia and the former Soviet republics, this volume will be of interest to students, media scholars and policy makers from developed and emerging democracies"-- Provided by publisher

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FC; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part One: Framing the Message: Mediated Representations and Journalistic Practices; 2 The Portrayal of Women Politicians in Israeli Popular Women's Magazines Einat Lachover; 3 Ambiga Sreenevasan and Malaysian Counter-Publics Mary Grif fiths and Sara Chinnasamy; 4 The Girls of Parliament: A Historical Analysis of the Press Coverage of Female Politicians in Bulgaria Elza Ibroscheva and Maria Raicheva-Stover.

5 Zambian Women MPs: An Examination of Coverage by the Post and Zambia Daily Mail Twange Kasoma6 Media Visibility of Tunisian Women Politicians in Traditional and New Media: Obstacles to Visibility and Media Coverage Strategies Maryam Ben Salem and Atidel Mejbri; 7 Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Current Affairs Talk Shows in the Pakistani Television Industry Munira Cheema; 8 Between Two Democratic Ideals: Gendering in the Russian Culture of Political Journalism Liudmila Voronova.

9 Becoming Less Gendered: A Comparison of (Inter)National Press Coverage of First Female Government Heads Who Win Again at the Polls Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno and Ingrid BachmannPart Two: Managing the Message: Self-representations; 10 "Cameroon's Female Obama": Deconstructing the Kah Walla Phenomenon in the Context of the 2011 Presidential Elections in Cameroon Teke Ngomba; 11 The Mother of Brazil: Gender Roles, Campaign Strategy, and the Election of Brazil's First Female President Pedro G. dos Santos and Farida Jalalzai.

12 The Visual Framing of Romanian Women Politicians in Personal Campaign Blogs during the 2012 Romanian Parliamentary Elections Camelia Cmeciu and Monica Pătrut1̦3 Gender, Politics, and the Albanian Media: A Women Parliamentarians' Account Sonila Danaj and Jonila Godole; Part Three: Navigating the Public Space: Class and Beauty; 14 Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile: A Moving Portrait Claudia Bucciferro; 15 Virgin Venuses: Beauty and Purity for "Public" Women in Venezuela Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols.

16 Ultra-Feminine Women of Power: Beauty and the State in Argentina Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols17 Yulia Tymoshenko's Two Bodies Tatiana Zhurzhenko; Concluding Remarks; References; Index.

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