Full Description
This book examines sexual power dynamics, long-held patriarchal values, and other harmful attitudes toward women in The Bahamas and Caribbean through the lens of media and law. Though gender politics is pushing these societies toward inclusivity, Storr, adopting a phenomenological framework, argues that, as sites of both reinforcement and resistance to misogynistic norms, future progress must focus on deconstructing the inequitable social institutions underlying unhealthy gender relations.
Contents
Chapter 1 "So, you think you is woman, hey/aye?"
Chapter 2 Constructing Gender in The Bahamas: History, Power, Progress
Chapter 3 Gender-Based Violence: "You Gern/Goin' Get What Woman Does Get!"
Chapter 4 Gender Equality, Law, and Human Rights
Chapter 5 Gender Equality and Popular Culture
Chapter 6 Media Representations: The Image of Bahamian Women
Chapter 7 Media Representations: The Image of Bahamian Men
Chapter 8 Transforming Gender Equality in The Bahamas
