Women Making Meaning

Preface. Part 1: The Politics of Making Meaning 1. The Field Reconsidered Lana F. Rakow 2. Male is to Female as ____ is to ____: A Guided Tour of Five Feminist Frameworks for Communication Studies Kathryn Cirksena and Lisa Cuklanz 3. The Politics of Difference: Race, Class, and Women's Communication Marsha Houston 4. Accounting for Others: Feminism and Representation Keya Ganguly Part 2: Beyond the Field's Boundaries 5. Theorizing Through the Body Elspeth Probyn 6. Harassment and Everyday Life Cheris Kramarae 7. The History and Structure of Women's Alternative Media Linda Steiner 8. Pornography's Active Subordination of Women: Radical Feminists Re-Claim Speech Rights Ann Russo 9. Women's Revolutionary Place Angharad N. Valdivia Part 3: Case Studies in Making Meaning 10. Big Differences on the Small Screen: Race, Class, Gender, Feminine Beauty and the Characters at Frank's Place Jackie Byars and Chad Dell 11. Mary Ann Shadd Cary and the Legacy of African-American Women Journalists Jane Rhodes 12. The Construction of Chinese American Women's Identity Victoria Chen 13. Women's Narratives in a New York Puerto Rican Community Lourdes Torres 14. Telling Stories about Reality: Women's Responses to a Workplace Organization Campaign Nina Gregg