Women and the media : feminism and femininity in Britain, 1900 to the present / edited by Maggie Andrews and Sallie McNamara. - ix, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in gender and history ; 18 .



The media have played a significant role in the contested and changing social position of women in Britain since the 1900s. They have facilitated feminism by both providing discourses and images from which women can construct their identities, and offering spaces where hegemonic ideas of femininity can be reworked. This volume is intended to provide an overview of work on Broadcasting, Film and Print Media from 1900, while appealing to scholars of History and Media, Film and Cultural Studies.This edited collection features tightly focused and historically contextualised case s.

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Feminism and mass media--History.--Great Britain
Women in mass media--History.
Women--History.--Great Britain
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