Acknowledgments vii
       Introduction  ix
              Ellen Riordan and Eileen R. Meehan

I. Theorizing the Connections: Sex, Money, Media
       1. Intersections and New Directions: On Feminism and
          Political Economy 3
              Ellen Riordan

       2. Feminist Theory and Political Economy: Toward a
          Friendly Alliance  16
              H. Leslie Steeves and Janet Wasko

       3. Something Old, Something New: Lingering Moments in
          the Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism 30
              Lisa McLaughlin

II. In the Public Sphere: Work, Technology, Law
       4. An Unsuitable Technology for a Woman?
          Communication as Circulation 49
              Michele Martin

        5. The Invisibility of the Everyday: New Technology
          and Women's Work 60
              Ellen Balka

        6. The Political Economy of Women's Employment
           in the Information Sector 75
              Stana Martin

        7. Sexual Harassment as an Economic Concern: Swedish and
          American Coverage of Astra 88
               Nancy Hauserman

        8. Single Moms, Quota Queens, and the Model Majority: Putting
           "Women" to Work in the California Civil Rights Initiative  100
               Roopali Mukherjee





         9. Selling Women (Down the River): Gendered Relations and the
            Political Economy of Broadcast News  112
               Karen Ross

        10. Gender and the Political Economy of Newsmaking:
            A Case Study of Human Rights Coverage  130
              Carolyn M. Byerly

III. In the Private Sphere: Entertainment, Identity, Consumption

        11. Weighing the Transgressive Star Body of Shelley Duvall  147
               Justin Wyatt

        12. Periodical Pleasures: Magazines for U.S. Latinas  164
               Amy Beer

        13. Born to Shop: Teenage Women and the Marketplace in the
            Postwar United States  181
               Angela R. Record

        14. Advertising and the Political Economy of
            Lesbian/Gay Identity  196
               Fred Fejes

        15. Gendering the Commodity Audience: Critical Media Research,
            Feminism, and Political Economy 209
               Eileen R. Meehan

        16. The Thrill Is Gone: Advertising, Gender Representation, and the
            Loss of Desire  223
               Robin Andersen

        17. Xuxa at the Borders of U.S. TV: Checked for Gender, Race, and
            National Identity 240
               Ramona Curry and Angharad N. Valdivia

        Bibliography 257
        Contributors 291
        Index 295