Gender and Political Communication in America is a comprehensive anthology of work that investigates, from a rhetorical and critical standpoint, the intersection and mutual influences of gender and political communication. Building on existing theory and research, the contributors update and interrogate contemporary issues of gendered politics applicable to the 21st century, including the historic 2008 election.
Author(s): Janis L. Edwards
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 310
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Ch01. NAVIGATING GENDER COMPLEXITIES......Page 22
Ch02. WOMEN WHO SPOKE FOR THEMSELVES......Page 44
Ch03. CRAFTING A FEMININE PRESIDENCY......Page 62
Ch04. THE DIATRIBE OF ANN COULTER......Page 84
Ch05. MADAM SECRETARY......Page 108
Ch06. RACING JESSE JACKSON......Page 128
Ch07. GOVERNOR MOM......Page 150
Ch08. BEYOND LESBIAN IDENTITY......Page 170
Ch09. TRAVERSING THE WIFE-CANDIDATE DOUBLE BIND......Page 186
Ch10. POLITICAL SYMBOLISM IN CHISHOLM '72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED......Page 208
Ch11. PRESS FRAMING OF FIRST LADIES’ POLITICAL ACTIVISM......Page 222
Ch12. GENDER BIAS AND MAINTENANCE......Page 240
Ch13. VISUALIZING PRESIDENTIAL IMPERATIVES......Page 254
Ch14. GENDERED BODIES......Page 272
AN EPISTOLARY EPILOGUE......Page 288
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 300
INDEX......Page 322
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 328
