Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures

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Circuits of Visibility CRITICAL CULTURAL COMMUNICATION General Editors: Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kent A. Ono Dangerous Curves: Latinas in the Media Isabel Molina-Guzmán The Net Effect: Technology, Romanticism, Capitalism Thomas Streeter Our Biometric Future: The Pursuit of Automated Facial Perception Kelly A. Gates Critical Rhetorics of Race Edited by Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. Ono Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures Edited by Radha S. Hegde Circuits of Visibility Gender and Transnational Media Cultures Edited by Radha Sarma Hegde a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2011 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Circuits of visibility : gender and transnational media cultures edited by Radha S. Hegde. p. cm. — (Critical cultural communication) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8147-3730-9 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-3731-6 (pb : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-9060-1 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Sex role in mass media. 2. Sex role and globalization. 3. Women in mass media. 4. Feminism and mass media. 5. Mass media and globalization. 6. Mass media and culture. I. Hegde, Radha Sarma, 1953– P96.S5C57 2011 302.23—dc22 2011004010 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America C 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 P 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...