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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478873403321

Titolo

Women in grassroots communication [[electronic resource] ] : furthering social change / / edited by Pilar Riano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1994

ISBN

1-4833-2685-3

1-4522-5495-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Communication and human values

Altri autori (Persone)

Riano AlcalaPilar

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Women in development

Communication in community development

Women in communication

Social change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Framework -- part II. Women as communicative subjects : the social and community dimension -- part III. Women as media producers : developing media competencies -- part IV. Women as sociopolitical actors : building organization and strategies of communication.

Sommario/riassunto

The dramatic contribution of grassroots organizations to effecting social change is brought into vivid detail in this unique perspective on women from around the globe. Each contributor has been instrumental in grassroots processes of media production or has worked within the community communication field and discusses concrete action within a theoretical framework.