Femininity in Dissent

by Alison Young

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1990, takes a challenging look at the images constructed by the Press of women's political protest. Focusing on the peace camp at Greenham Common, Alison Young analyses in detail the way in which women protestors are represented in the press as deviant and criminal. Arguing that the criminal justice system and the media rely on each other's definitions of deviance, she investigates in detail how those definitions are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032009926
• ISBN13: 9781032009926
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"