Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women during the 1970s through the 1990s and how they brought about major changes for women.

This wide-ranging volume explores how gender and language are used and transformed to discuss, enact, and project social differences in light of global economic

Madonna, Murphy Brown, Thelma and Louise: These much-discussed media icons are the starting points of Suzanna Walter's brilliant, much-needed introduction to fe

Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women during the 1950s and 1960s and how they changed women's role in society.

Examines the symbols that defined perceptions of women from the turn of the century through the end of World War I and how they changed women's role in society.