Women in politics and media : perspectives from nations in transition /: perspectives from nations in transition. (2014 copyright 2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Maria Raicheva-Stover and Elza Ibroscheva.
• Other Names: Raicheva-Stover, Maria; Ibroscheva, Elza, 1974-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- INTRODUCTION1. De-Westernizing the women, politics and media dynamicMaria Raicheva-Stover (Washburn University, USA) & Elza Ibroscheva (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA)PART I: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (Cameroon, Zambia)2. How the Press in Zambia Frames Women MPsTwange Kasoma (Emory & Henry College, USA)3. Cameroon's Female Obama? Deconstructing the Kah Walla Phenomenon in the Context of the 2011 Presidential Elections in CameroonTeke Ngomba (Aarhus University, Denmark)PART II: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (Turkey, Israel, Tunisia & Morocco, Egypt)4. Changing Roles of Women in Politics: The First Turbaned "First Lady" of TurkeyDuygu Ozsoy (Istanbul University, Turkey)5. Women in Politics as Depicted in Israeli Popular Women's MagazinesEinat Lachover (Sapir Academic College, Israel)6. Media's Portrayal of Women's Political Participation in Tunisia and MoroccoMaryam Ben Salem (Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research, Tunisia)7. The Role of Women in Egypt's Islamist Political PartiesOmneya Nour Eddin (City University London, UK) & Khaled Zakaria Amin (American University in Cairo, Egypt)PART III: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (Romania, Albania, Poland)8. The Visual Framing of Romanian Women Politicians: A Case Study of the Blogs by Female Candidates During the 2012 Romanian Parliamentary ElectionsCamelia Cmeciu (Danubius University of Galati, Romania) & Monica Patrut (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania)9. The First Lady in Democratic Poland: Twenty Years of Political TailoringEwa Widlak (University Pompeu Fabra, Spain)10. Electoral Reform and Female Politicians' Visibility in Post-Communist AlbaniaJonila Godole (University of Tirana, Albania) & Sonila Danaj (reserch consultant, Albania)PART IV: RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS (Russia, Ukraine & Georgia)11. Constructing Female Politicians in Russian Political Journalism CultureLiudmila Voronova Södertörn University, Sweden)12. Representations of Women Politicians in the 2012 Parliamentary Election Campaigns of Ukraine and GeorgiaTetiana Kostiuchenko, (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine), Tamara Martsenyuk (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine) & Svitlana Oksamytna (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine)PART V: ASIA (Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia)13. Demystifying the Visibility/Presence of Female Politicians on Pakistani TVMunira Cheema (University of Sussex, UK)14. Cultivating Pluralist Counter-publics and 'the Souls of our Nations': Media Representations of Malaysian Activist Amiga SreenevasanMary Griffiths (University of Adelaide, Australia) & Sara Chinnasamy (University of Adelaide, Australia)15. The Quiet Female Politician as a Source Person in the Hustle and Bustle of Political News in IndonesiaAwang Ruswandi (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)PART VI: LATIN AMERICA (Venezuela, Chile, Argentina)16. Virgin Venuses: Beauty and Purity for "Public" Women in VenezuelaElizabeth Gackstetter Nichols (Drury University, USA)17. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile: A Moving PortraitClaudia Bucciferro (Gonzaga University, USA)18. Ultra-Feminine Women of Power: Beauty and the State in ArgentinaElizabeth Gackstetter Nichols (Drury University, USA)PART VII: PERSONAL INTERVIEWS (India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Belarus)19. Interview with Chhavi Rajawat, the elected representative of Soda village in India -- conducted by Neha Bhat, (American University, Washington College of Law, USA)20. Interview with Malalai Joya, activist and Afghanistan's youngest parliamentarian -- conducted by Kirthi Jayakumar (Lawyer, editor of A38 journal, India)21. Interview with Emine U;lker Tarhan, politician from Turkey's Republican People's Party and a former judge with the High Court of Appeals -- conducted by Eren Erkat (Gazi University, Turkey)22. Interviews with Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, currently Director-General of UNESCO and Meglena Kuneva, EU commissioner -- conducted by Alina Dobreva (European University Institute, Italy) & Anastasia Angelova, (University of Helsinki, Finland)23. Interview with Olga Karatch, Belarusian political activist and journalist -- conducted by Evgenia Ivanova (University of Oxford, UK).
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (352 pages)
• Subjects: 305.409172/4; Gender studies, gender groups; Women -- Political activity -- Developing countries; Mass media and women -- Developing countries; Women -- Political activity -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Mass media and women -- Developing countries -- Case studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies; Mass media and women; Women -- Political activity; Politikerin; Politisches Handeln; Massenmedien; Politische Berichterstattung; Political science & theory; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; Developing countries; Entwicklungsländer; Schwellenländer; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781628921076; 1628921072
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