The mass media sees social change through gendered
spectacles, which often puts women at risk of
negative representations. The author addresses how
gender is constructed in Tanzanian newspapers and
local television drama against the backdrop of
political and economic reforms. The movement from
socialist to capitalist principles, starting in the
mid 1980s, fueled public distress concerning the
effects of Western influence and commercialization on
local culture and morality. This book shows that
conflicts and tensions arising from this process
reverberate in the mass media, as can be seen in...