Controlling Representations: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950 (Katherine H.
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 978-1-57273-716-7 Price:$26.50 Title: Controlling Representations Sub-title: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950 Editor(s): Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene, and Melanie McKay Publish Date: January 2009 Pages: 240 Format: Paper
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Scholars have recently been examining public representations of women and minorities and considering the impact of these representations. What is missing is a thorough study of the first half of the 20th century, in period in which the current codes for women’s behavior developed. What is also missing is attention to the role of the daily newspaper in establishing those codes. Studying this medium can show how the daily representation of appropriate and inappropriate cultural roles occurred—thus, what women in each decade were expected to be. This is the first study that specifically considers how this ongoing discourse affected women and their families. Contents: Introduction. An Evolving True Womanhood. Portrayals of Lower-Class Women, Exploiting the Code. From Suffrage to Prohibition: A Crisis in Repr