Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes

Abstract

"Foreword" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "Editors and Contributors" -- "List of Figures and Table" -- "Chapter 1 Introduction " -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 2 Arab Television Channels: The Image of Women Between Local and Global Trends " -- "The Female Body in Islam" -- "Contemporary Women Between Emancipation and Social and Political Pressure" -- "Media, Power and the Global Marketplace: The Role of TV" -- "Women's Bodies in the Arab Media" -- "Bodies Suspended Between Politics and the Market" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 3 Women and the Media in Oman " -- "Background" -- "Socio-Economic Development in Oman" -- "Media in Oman" -- "Women's Status in Oman" -- "Women and Media in Oman" -- "Tradition and Modernity" -- "Coverage of Women's Issues" -- "Women's Activism Through Social Media" -- "Final Thoughts" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 4 Women as Representations of Class and Modernity: Gendered Public Visibility on Abu Dhabi TV " -- "The Circulation of a Bedouin Identity" -- "Gender and Public Visibility on Screen" -- "Status and Public Visibility of Women" -- "Outlook" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 5 Women in the News: A US–Arab Gulf Comparison " -- "Women in United States Media from the Twentieth Century to the Present" -- "Arab Gulf Women in the Media from the Twentieth Century to the Present" -- "Data and Methods" -- "Findings" -- "Discussion: Lessons Learned" -- "Absence of Documentation of Arab Women in Media" -- "New Media: Similarities and Challenges in the Arab Gulf" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 6 Gulf-Based Media and Women: A Shift to a Transcultural Dimension? " -- "Arab Media and the Emergence of the "Global Gulf": An Overview" -- ""Old" and "New" Media in the Gulf" -- "Looking for a Direction …" -- "Relevance of a Transcultural Media System" -- "Bibliography