The Missing White Girl Syndrome': disappeared women and media activism
dc.contributor.author | Stillman, Sarah | * |
dc.contributor.editor | Sweetman, Caroline | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T10:15:13Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T10:15:13Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2007-11-01 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1355-2074 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13552070701630665 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131643 | en |
dc.description | The 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.extent | 11 | en |
dc.format.mimetype | en | |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/the-missing-white-girl-syndrome-disappeared-women-and-media-activism-131643 | |
dc.subject | Gender | |
dc.title | The Missing White Girl Syndrome': disappeared women and media activism | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9221 | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Gender & Development | en |
oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
oxfam.subject.country | United Kingdom | en |
oxfam.subject.country | United States | en |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Media | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Gender-based violence | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Gender and Development Journal | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | GaD | |
prism.issuename | Media | en |
prism.number | 3 | en |
prism.volume | 15 | en |