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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825521203321

Autore

Ibroscheva Elza <1974->

Titolo

Advertising, sex, and post-socialism : women, media, and femininity in the Balkans / / Elza Ibroscheva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4985-5716-3

0-7391-7267-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Disciplina

659.1082/09496

Soggetti

Post-communism - Balkan Peninsula

Sex in advertising - Balkan Peninsula

Socialism - Balkan Peninsula

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sex? Please, We Are Socialist; 2 Advertising and the Socialist Economy; 3 Liberating Women; 4 Of Vodka, Watermelons, and Other Sexy Fruit; 5 Sex and Politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The book traces the evolution of gender ideologies in the Balkans, through emancipating women's roles during socialism and into the proliferation and normalization of hyper-sexualized images of women in advertising and other media in the post-socialist transition. Drawing on a media-centered cultural/critical approach to understanding the changing role of advertising in post-socialist societies and its influence on gender identities, the book offers a unique contribution to global media studies and the broader discipline of gender and communication.