Challenging images of women in the media : reinventing women's lives / edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Introduction to Challenging images of women in the media : reinventing women's lives / Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell -- I. Reinscribing women's roles: "Feeling good never looked better": examining stereotypical representations of women in Special K advertisements / Vanessa Reimer and Rukhsana Ahmed ; Tales from Ooku: the shogun's inner palace and the outer (mediated) world / Kimiko Akita ; Pakistani media and disempowerment of women / Saman Talib and Zara Idrees ; Women in film: treading water but fit for the marathon / Lisa French -- II. Political issues : Mass media explain the global sex trade / Anne Johnston, Barbara Friedman, and Autumn Shafer ; Gendered construction of HPV: a post-structuralist critique of Gardasil / Nicole Defenbaugh and Kimberly N. Kline ; Who's afraid of the Pink Chaddi?: New media, Hindutva, and feminist agency in India / Saayan Chattopadhyay -- III. Westernizing women : Women of China magazine: the "modern" woman in a discourse of consumerism / Wei Luo ; From "babushki" to "sexy babes": the sexing-up of Bulgarian women in advertising / Elza Ibroscheva -- IV. Political individuals : For and about women: Dorothy Jurney and "The Woman's Network" / Steven Carl Smith ; Angela Merkel has more to offer: satirical images of Germany's first female chancellor / Lynn Marie Kutch ; All hail the queen the metamorphosis or selling out of Queen Latifah / Elizabeth Johnson ; 18,000,000 cracks or how Hillary almost became president / Lori L. Montalbano -- V. Reflective essays : Big, black, boisterous badasses: why queen-sized African American women are never really royalty / Deatra Sullivan-Morgan ; Lesbian comics: negotiating queer visibility / Theresa Carilli."--Back cover.

Challenging Images of Women in the Media: Reinventing Women's Lives, edited by Theresa Carilli and Jane Campbell, contains fifteen chapters addressing the status of women through an examination of depictions of women in the media. This in-depth study shows how mixed messages from the media often muddle attempts at breaking the "glass screen, " in turn causing women to constantly question their role in global culture. With cake ads followed by diet commercials, the media's message to women is both confusing and contradictory. While more and more women have begun to contribute to the media as respected anchors, talk show hosts, and commentators, these roles are counteracted by music videos and reality television shows such as Jersey Shore. This collection seeks to analyze these depictions and their effects on women and culture. The contributors to this anthology hail from such diverse locations as Japan, Australia, Pakistan, India, China, Bulgaria, and the United States. With this global focus, Challenging Images of Women in the Media scrutinizes issues of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality through a study of gendered media portrayals. By challenging the status quo of media images, the contributors to this essential volume invite a dialogue about women's lives.