Women Leaders and Gender Stereotyping in the UK Press A Poststructuralist Approach /

• Main Author: Baxter, Judith (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
• Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Sociolinguistics.; Sociology.; Applied linguistics.; Elections.; Political communication.; Discourse Analysis.; Gender Studies.; Applied Linguistics.; Electoral Politics.; Political Communication.

This book explores how the UK press constructs and represents women leaders drawn from three professional spheres: politics, business, and the mass media. Despite significant career progress made by women leaders in these professions, many British newspapers continue to portray these women in stereo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Gendering of Women Leaders in UK Newspapers
• Chapter 2. Women Leader Stereotypes in Newspapers
• Chapter 3. The Feminist Agenda Spectrum
• Chapter 4. The Reflexive Approach: Principles and Methodology
• Chapter 5. Applying the Reflexive Approach
• The Future of the Reflexive Approach.