Gendered Mediation: Identity and Image Making in Canadian PoliticsCall Number: HQ 1236.5 .C2 G476 2019
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Despite decades of women's participation in politics, the gender identities of Canadian politicians continue to attract media and public attention and shape the way they are perceived and evaluated. Gendered Mediation examines the implications of intersecting notions of gender, sexuality, race, age, and class deployed by politicians, journalists, and citizens in Canadian politics. Building upon the gendered mediation thesis, leading scholars argue that political communication and reporting still reinforces impressions of politics as a masculine domain. Their findings have profound implications for democracy in Canada and elsewhere