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dc.contributor.authorStillman, Sarah*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Carolineen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:15:13Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:15:13Zen
dc.date.issued2007-11-01en
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552070701630665
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131643en
dc.descriptionThe mainstream media play a vital role in constructing certain endangered young women as valuable 'front-page victims', while dismissing others as disposable. In this essay, I examine the techniques that activists can use to challenge media stereotypes of 'worthy' and 'unworthy' victims. Drawing on examples from the USA, central America, and Europe, I offer three practical methods for engaging in feminist media activism: the 'diagnostic', to provide a cultural vocabulary for unveiling and resisting media biases; the 'theatrical', to revive the lives of disenfranchised bodies in the public imagination; and the 'archaeological', to dig proactively for the human stories that have been buried beyond the margins. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.en
dc.format.extent11en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-missing-white-girl-syndrome-disappeared-women-and-media-activism-131643
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleThe Missing White Girl Syndrome': disappeared women and media activismen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221en
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryUnited Kingdomen
oxfam.subject.countryUnited Statesen
oxfam.subject.keywordMedia
oxfam.subject.keywordGender-based violence
oxfam.subject.keywordGender and Development Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordGaD
prism.issuenameMediaen
prism.number3en
prism.volume15en


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