TY - JOUR
T1 - Working the senate from the outside in
T2 - The mediated construction of a feminist political campaign
AU - Vavrus, Mary
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - The 1992 campaign year was known as the political Year of the Woman. This phrase was used to denote both the high-profile Senate campaigns of five women, as well as a generalized sense of enthusiasm for female political candidates and, to some extent, for certain feminist beliefs. This is an examination of one aspect of this campaign: the mass-mediated discursive formation used to position these Senate candidates outside of perceived mainstream, cultural beliefs and the ways in which the resulting discourse functioned as a commentary on U.S. feminism writ large.
AB - The 1992 campaign year was known as the political Year of the Woman. This phrase was used to denote both the high-profile Senate campaigns of five women, as well as a generalized sense of enthusiasm for female political candidates and, to some extent, for certain feminist beliefs. This is an examination of one aspect of this campaign: the mass-mediated discursive formation used to position these Senate candidates outside of perceived mainstream, cultural beliefs and the ways in which the resulting discourse functioned as a commentary on U.S. feminism writ large.
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U2 - 10.1080/15295039809367046
DO - 10.1080/15295039809367046
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0032221315
SN - 1529-5036
VL - 15
SP - 213
EP - 235
JO - Critical Studies in Media Communication
JF - Critical Studies in Media Communication
IS - 3
ER -