This book analyzes press coverage of five women's issues and critiques the portrayal of women on television in India between 1979 and 1988 - the period when the contemporary Indian women's movement began and developed. The issues discussed are: dowry-related deaths; rape; Muslim divorcees' rights to maintenance; the misuse of amniocentesis and other sex determination tests; and the re-emergence of the banned practice of sati.
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978-0-8039-9152-1 (9780803991521)
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PART ONE: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS
Introduction - Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma
Daily Newspapers: Dowry Deaths - Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph
Crime Without End
Daily Newspapers: Rape - Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma
A Campaign is Born
Daily Newspapers: The Shah Bano Controversy - Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph
A Question of Maintenance
Daily Newspapers: Female Foeticide - Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph
The Abuse of Technology
Daily Newspapers: The Roop Kanwar Tragedy - Ammu Joseph and Kalpana Sharma
In the Name of Tradition
General Interest Periodicals - Kalpana Sharma
Women's Magazines - Ammu Joseph
PART TWO: THE INDIAN LANGUAGE PRESS
Introduction - Kalpana Sharma and Ammu Joseph
The Hindi Press - Shubra Gupta
The Tamil Press - Prasanna Ramaswamy and Vasantha Surya
The Bengali Press - Maitreyi Chatterji
The Gujarati Press - Sonal Shukla
PART THREE: TELEVISION
A Critical Focus - Deepa Dhanraj
