Media depictions of brides, wives, and mothers / Alena Amato Ruggerio.

Ruggerio, Alena Amato, 1975-
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Pt.I Television : Domesticating matrimonial monstrosity : Bridezillas and narratives of feminine containment / Alyssa Ann Samek — The reality of televised motherhood : the personal quest and feminine test of Kate Gosselin / Mary Frances Casper, Deneen Gilmour — Marriage, friendship, and scandal : constructing a typology of media representation of women in Desperate housewives / Paula Hopeck, Rebecca K. Ivic — Ancient archetypes in modern media / Deborah A. Macey — Christian patriarchy lite : TLC’s 19 kids and counting / Christy Ellen Mesaros-Winckles — Pt.II Film : Punishing unfaithful wives and working mothers : messages of postfeminism in contemporary film / Erika M. Thomas — Love and lack : media, witches, and normative gender roles / Victoria L. Godwin — Head above water : applying Nussbaum’s capabilities approach in Deepa Mehta’s 2005 film / Lauren J. DeCarvalho — Pt.III News coverage : Feminine style and militant motherhood in antiwar discourse : Cindy Sheehan as grieving mother and/or left-leaning radical / Heidi E. Hamilton — Grisly mama : carnivorous media coverage of Sarah Palin / Alena Amato Ruggerio — Stand by your man revisited : political wives and scandal / Hinda Mandell — Taking care of the children and the country : Nancy Pelosi and the trope of motherhood in partisan and mainstream media / Sheryl L. Cunningham — Local media madness : how one city’s media helped perpetuate the myth of the perfect coach’s wife / Diana L. Tucker — Who’s framing whom? Michele Bachmann and the (primary) politics of motherhood / Ann E. Burnette — Pt.IV Internet : Momtinis, not martyrs : examining ‘anti-mom’ blogs, muted groups, standpoints, and the struggle over motherhood / Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest — Love thy mother? Traitorous constructions of motherhood in Outsmart Mother Nature with Tampax campaign / Dacia Charlesworth — Taking the audience perspective : online fan commentary about the brides of Mad Men and their weddings / Lynne M. Webb, Marceline Thompson Hayes, Hao-Chieh Chang, Marcia

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