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Women in Grassroots Communication
Furthering Social Change
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June 1994 | 336 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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. These diverse accounts of women, participation and communication take place in a variety of geographical, social and cultural settings and provide rich material for comparative analysis.
PART ONE: FRAMEWORK
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Women's Participation in Communication
Pilar Ria[squiggly line above the n]no
Gender in Communication
PART TWO: WOMEN AS COMMUNICATIVE SUBJECTS: THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY DIMENSION
Penina Mlama
Reinforcing Existing Indigenous Communication Skills
Susan Y Dyer-Bennem
Cultural Distinctions in Communication Patterns of African-American Women
Sonia Mu[squiggly line above the n]noz
Notes for Reflection
Maria Protz
Understanding Women's Grassroots Experiences in Producing and Manipulating Media
PART THREE: WOMAN AS MEDIA PRODUCERS: DEVELOPING MEDIA COMPETENCES
Jennifer Kawaja
Process Video
Clemencia Rodríguez
A Process of Identity De-Construction
Carmen Ruíz
Losing Fear
Dorothy Kidd
Shards of Remembrance
Maria Mata
Being Women in Latin American Popular Radio
PART FOUR: WOMEN AS SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTORS: BUILDING ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION
Rose Mensah-Kutin
The WEDNET Initiative
Sharon Taylor
Communicating for Empowerment
Libby Lloyd
Speak Magazine
Rosa María Alfaro
Women as Social Agents of Communication
