Theresa Carilli, Professor of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. Jane Campbell, Professor of English at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond,Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in English from Northern Illinois University.

This comprehensive collection addresses important issues in gender and media studies, and offers a diversity of perspectives on an international scale.

• Chapter 1 List if IllustrationsChapter 2 List of FiguresChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 PART ONE: COMMODIFYING AND EXOTICIZING THE FEMALE BODY: The Male Gaze in India's Television Commercials: Abhik Roy; The Israeli Womb: Images of Gendered Nationalism in the Israeli Press: Orly Shachar; Lesbians in Film: An Examination of Chapter 6 PART TWO: STEREOTYPICAL DEPICTIONS: Safety and Restriction: The Construction of Black Women's Sexuality in Essence Magazine: Gloria Gadsen; Press Coverage and Awareness of Gender Equality Issues in Japan: Shinichi Saito and Reiko IshChapter 7 PART THREE: PROTRAYALS OF POLTICAL ACTIVISM: Butterflies and Boobs: Ecofeminine Complicity (or How to Manufacture and Environmental Pin Up Girl): Tina Richardson and Audrey Vanderford; Performing Politics: Media Aesthetics for Women in PoliticChapter 8 PART FOUR: MEDIA PIONEERS: Joan Ganz Cooney: The Children's Television Workshop: Margaret Finucane; Frances Benjamin Johnston: Mother of Photojournalism: Cynthia Lont; Recontextualizing the "Change:" Rhetorical and Performative ConstructChapter 9 BibliographyChapter 10 IndexChapter 11 About the ContributorsChapter 12 About the Editors

Theresa Carilli, Professor of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. Jane Campbell, Professor of English at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond,Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in English from Northern Illinois University.

This comprehensive collection addresses important issues in gender and media studies, and offers a diversity of perspectives on an international scale.

• Chapter 1 List if IllustrationsChapter 2 List of FiguresChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 PART ONE: COMMODIFYING AND EXOTICIZING THE FEMALE BODY: The Male Gaze in India's Television Commercials: Abhik Roy; The Israeli Womb: Images of Gendered Nationalism in the Israeli Press: Orly Shachar; Lesbians in Film: An Examination of Chapter 6 PART TWO: STEREOTYPICAL DEPICTIONS: Safety and Restriction: The Construction of Black Women's Sexuality in Essence Magazine: Gloria Gadsen; Press Coverage and Awareness of Gender Equality Issues in Japan: Shinichi Saito and Reiko IshChapter 7 PART THREE: PROTRAYALS OF POLTICAL ACTIVISM: Butterflies and Boobs: Ecofeminine Complicity (or How to Manufacture and Environmental Pin Up Girl): Tina Richardson and Audrey Vanderford; Performing Politics: Media Aesthetics for Women in PoliticChapter 8 PART FOUR: MEDIA PIONEERS: Joan Ganz Cooney: The Children's Television Workshop: Margaret Finucane; Frances Benjamin Johnston: Mother of Photojournalism: Cynthia Lont; Recontextualizing the "Change:" Rhetorical and Performative ConstructChapter 9 BibliographyChapter 10 IndexChapter 11 About the ContributorsChapter 12 About the Editors

Theresa Carilli, Professor of Communication at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. Jane Campbell, Professor of English at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond,Indiana, holds a Ph.D. in English from Northern Illinois University.

This comprehensive collection addresses important issues in gender and media studies, and offers a diversity of perspectives on an international scale.

• Chapter 1 List if IllustrationsChapter 2 List of FiguresChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 PART ONE: COMMODIFYING AND EXOTICIZING THE FEMALE BODY: The Male Gaze in India's Television Commercials: Abhik Roy; The Israeli Womb: Images of Gendered Nationalism in the Israeli Press: Orly Shachar; Lesbians in Film: An Examination of Chapter 6 PART TWO: STEREOTYPICAL DEPICTIONS: Safety and Restriction: The Construction of Black Women's Sexuality in Essence Magazine: Gloria Gadsen; Press Coverage and Awareness of Gender Equality Issues in Japan: Shinichi Saito and Reiko IshChapter 7 PART THREE: PROTRAYALS OF POLTICAL ACTIVISM: Butterflies and Boobs: Ecofeminine Complicity (or How to Manufacture and Environmental Pin Up Girl): Tina Richardson and Audrey Vanderford; Performing Politics: Media Aesthetics for Women in PoliticChapter 8 PART FOUR: MEDIA PIONEERS: Joan Ganz Cooney: The Children's Television Workshop: Margaret Finucane; Frances Benjamin Johnston: Mother of Photojournalism: Cynthia Lont; Recontextualizing the "Change:" Rhetorical and Performative ConstructChapter 9 BibliographyChapter 10 IndexChapter 11 About the ContributorsChapter 12 About the Editors