Masculinity, Media, and the American Presidency

ISBN-13: 9781137456441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 195 str.

Meredith Conroy

Opis

Conceptions of political leadership in the United States value qualities considered traditionally masculine and largely reject qualities that are considered feminine. To what extent does the media play a role in the maintenance of this gender hierarchy, where masculinity is the norm-and preference-in American politics? Meredith Conroy's analysis of presidential election media coverage finds that the media often uses gender conflict framing to create narratives in which a more masculine candidate is in conflict with a more feminine candidate, regardless of a candidate's sex. Furthermore, she finds this discourse maintains a preference for traits associated with masculinity in US politics.

Recenzje

"Masculinity, Media, and the American Presidency is one of the finest books on American politics I have ever had the intriguing pleasure to read." (Hubert O'Hearn, January Magazine, januarymagazine.com, September, 2016)

O autorze

Meredith Conroy is Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University, San Bernardino, USA.