Women, Globalization and Mass Media : International Facets of Emancipation
Contents: Preface. 1. Mass media, globalization and movement transformation: the future of feminist thought and activism/Kiran Prasad. 2. Women, globalization and mass media: experiences from India/Kiran Prasad. 3. Globalization, women and mass media: the Chinese experience/Xu Xiaoge and Lang Juan. 4. Japanese women, show biz news and hard news: contradictions between reality and stereotype/Yasuhiro Inoue and Yoshiro Kawakami. 5. Cultural imperialism and Thai women\'s portrayal on mass media/Ousa Biggins. 6. Malaysian women, modernity and the media: a textual analysis of selected women\'s magazines in Malaysia/Mustafa K. Anuar and Shakila Manan. 7. Women, globalization and mass media: perspectives from Pakistan/Seemi Naghmana Tahir and Gulrez Mojiz. 8. Women and media in the Arab World: a critical appraisal/Mohamed Kirat. 9. The promise of change, the persistence of inequality: development, globalization, mass media and women in sub-Saharan Africa/David A. Williamson. 10. Women\'s movements and nation building in a Global Information Society: perspectives from Europe/Jacob Srampickal. 11. Globalization and internet: women\'s networking and activism in the digital era/Hermann Gruenwald and Le Gruenwald.
"Globalization is the fundamental idea that has set in motion a process of change in the Asian and African countries challenged by the collapse of welfare measures and they are in the process of synthesizing a new world order. The grip of tradition and cultural stereotypes is loosening and women are attempting to crack the glass ceiling through innovative strategies and fresh development initiatives. This book seeks to apply this framework and expand the study of women\'s empowerment in the light of the global media including globalization of women\'s issues, networking and women\'s activism through the internet in the digital era. The analysis of the process of globalization and the impact of global media from a feminist perspective as shaping women\'s lives form the intellectual framework of the book.
Women, Globalization and Mass Media: International Facets of Emancipation focuses on globalization and the mass media as constructing new visions of women\'s emancipation in selected geopolitical areas of the globe. The book contains authors from a range of nations; the issues raised involve several individual developing nations/regions and cover the broader international themes that affect multiple nations. The interdisciplinary scope of the book makes it an ideal text for a wide range of disciplines including communication, women\'s studies, development studies, economics, sociology, political science and international studies." (jacket)
