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Boxed In as discussed by the authors is a book about how women'read' or understand broadcast programs. And it is a refreshing way to engage with a number of key debates and problems.Abstract:
Feminist Review. www.jstor.org ® men invariably in control of the channel selector; and many other issues are explored. One sad ommission, though, was any consideration of how women 'read' or understand broadcast programmes. The book engages with a number of key debates and problems in a refreshing way. For example, Ros Coward argues the case for more women's programmes, and Helen Baehr and Angela Spindler-Brown describe the very real problems of trying to organize in a co-operative, non-hierarchical, feminist way whilst working within traditional broadcasting institutions. Above all, Boxed In is a book which forces us toread more
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