Minority Women and Western Media

Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices

Author: Maha Bashri, Sameera Ahmed, Leticia Anderson, Sigal Barak-Brandes, Debora Freud, Kathomi Gatwiri, Zahra Jafari, Khulekani Madlela, Beris Artan Özoran and Ilgar Seyidov Series: Media, Culture, and the Arts

Minority Women and Western Media presents global research examining representations of minority women in different media contexts and shows that discrimination is about gender as well as other intersecting characteristics. Authors illustrate how stereotypes are challenged and new discourses emerge around the world giving voice to minority women.

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Minority Women and Western Media: Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices presents research examining media portrayals of women from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. It provides qualitative and quantitative findings of how women are stereotyped and misrepresented not only because of their gender but also their race, religion, ability, physical attributes, and political status. Whilst their voices are frequently excluded, marginalized and misrepresented, the chapters in this volume show how minority women are creating and articulating new discourses and challenging assumptions and expectations about themselves. This book provides insights into how women are represented in different media, including newspapers, television shows, films, and online platforms. Scholars of media studies, women’s studies, and communication will find this book particularly useful.

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“Minority Women and Western Media is an important study in the light of concerns relating to the experiences of Muslim women across the world's media today and the challenges faced in relation to misrepresentation. It fulfills an important function, one that seeks to improve understandings and build relations in the context of wider social and political polarization given the specific concerns regarding the positions and realities of Muslim women across the world today.”

Minority Women and Western Media is an important study in the light of concerns relating to the experiences of Muslim women across the world’s media today and the challenges faced in relation to misrepresentation. It fulfills an important function, one that seeks to improve understandings and build relations in the context of wider social and political polarization given the specific concerns regarding the positions and realities of Muslim women across the world today. -- Tahir Abbas, Leiden University

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Maha Bashri is associate professor of communication at the United Arab Emirates University.

Sameera Ahmed is assistant professor at the United Arab Emirates University.

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Minority Women and Western Media: Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices presents research examining media portrayals of women from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. It provides qualitative and quantitative findings of how women are stereotyped and misrepresented not only because of their gender but also their race, religion, ability, physical attributes, and political status. Whilst their voices are frequently excluded, marginalized and misrepresented, the chapters in this volume show how minority women are creating and articulating new discourses and challenging assumptions and expectations about themselves. This book provides insights into how women are represented in different media, including newspapers, television shows, films, and online platforms. Scholars of media studies, women's studies, and communication will find this book particularly useful.