Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2002. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Advisor: Graham Knight. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 281-291). Also available online.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Hong Kong Baptist University, 2005. / Dissertation submitted to the School of Communication. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-84).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2004. / "Printed in 2005 by digital xerographic process on acid free paper"--Prelim. p. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 295-323).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 195-204).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2004. / "Printed in 2005 by digital xerographic process on acid free paper"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

This dissertation explores how representations of women in the media function as heterodesignations in response to the current socio-economic cultural complex of globalization. In its merger with reality, the media has become the dominant discourse and the means through which prevailing modes of self-understanding are made available in postmodern society, of which the simulacrum is a key feature. Representations of women in the media in general, and in television advertisements in particular, are not, in any way, subversive of hegemonic discourse and, despite the prevalent ambiguity of these images, construct women in conformity with traditional gender stereotypes. Through practices of deconstruction, such as feminist counter-cinema, of which the film Female Perversions is an example, feminism has an important role to play in liberating women from the oppressive effects of these representations, even if these efforts are not, in themselves, free from ambiguity. / English Studies / M.A. (English)