Structure and agency in the career of a female pioneer in Italian journalism: A conversation with Anna Maria Mori

Gendering an International Outlook:Irish Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century Nora Moroney (bio) "Oh, countrymen! oh, patriots! oh, friends!"Ye cry to one another. Echo lendsHer voice—but answering time as yet no answer sends. (Charlotte Grace O'Brien, "France," 1877) Alice Stopford Green's and Charlotte Grace O'Brien's careers in the late Victorian London periodical press, as seen through their contributions to the Nineteenth Century, are a neglected element of Irish transnational cultural production. As writers engaging in internationally focused highbrow journalism, they were tangential to the traditional orientation of Irish national narratives, yet their place at the heart of one of Britain's most influential monthly journals enabled them to articulate a vision of social injustice as a means of challenging some of the hegemonic and gendered discourses of the day. Their pieces transcended boundaries, not only between Ireland and England but also, on a broader scale, between Irish and world affairs. Pivoting on issues of emigration and empire, the articles they published throughout the 1880s and 1890s convey a sense of social conscience and responsibility that informed the wider worldview of the Nineteenth Century, as well as influencing currents of British intellectual debate. Green's and O'Brien's public interventions in political and current affairs, moreover, represent a shift in the accepted narrative of late Victorian women's careers in journalism. Their presence in London's publishing scene and their pioneering work on victims of transatlantic migrancy and the Boer War were a highly visible form of investigative reporting. In their periodical writings, they counteracted notions of Irish provincialism (still evident at this time in the cartoons of Punch, for instance) and brought questions of gender to bear on issues of serious political and national [End Page 504] import. A consideration of these women writers, then, involves placing them in the context of both Irish literary developments and the British periodical market during the late nineteenth century in order to understand the varieties of borders—geographical, gendered, and journalistic—that they worked to undercut. W. T. Stead, writing as a champion of female journalists in 1892, advised aspiring applicants that "if [they] are to get on in journalism, or in anything else, they must trample under foot that most dishonouring conception of their work as mere woman's work."1 The methodology espoused here by Stead was, in F. Elizabeth Gray's words, one front of the broader phenomenon of "women journalists' search for new sources of recognition and new forms of identity through their writing for periodicals."2 Green and O'Brien fulfilled this criterion by cultivating distinctive voices in their respective Nineteenth Century articles. Through the social and political activism of these pieces, both women sought a public profile for their work, a task that was beset by challenges amid the late Victorian explosion in periodical enterprises. Writing anonymously for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in June 1893, another Irish littérateur in London, Charlotte O'Conor Eccles, described how in attempting to find a break on Fleet Street "one is horribly handicapped as a woman. A man meets other men at his club; he can be out and about at all hours; he can insist without being thought bold and forward; he is not presumed to be capable of undertaking only a limited class of subjects, but is set to anything."3 O'Brien and Green may have been cushioned somewhat from the urgent material needs of Eccles, but her experience points to the frustrations inherent in the construction of a professional identity as a woman writer within the elite press. For Irish women, especially, access to influential networks and the ability to socialize in the right circles were crucial for success in the publishing world. Operating at a remove from the male-dominated political discourse of the day, these women faced challenges that testify to the contingencies of periodical writing. Both Green and O'Brien relied on contacts within political and journalistic spheres: O'Brien's humanitarian articles were defended in Parliament by Charles Stewart Parnell, for instance, while Green was in regular correspondence with the Colonial Office regarding her South African visits. These institutional networks provided an important...

Chapter 2 explores the perception and influence of American culture in Italy’s public debate during the period following unification. The title refers to Disraeli’s famous conception of ‘two nations’ in order to highlight the need to distinguish between Italy’s educated elite and the vast majority of semi-illiterate Italians, many of whom crossed the ocean in search of a better life. The chapter is divided into three main sections. The first concentrates on differing visions of America in the daily press and illustrated magazines. A key point of discussion in this section is the term ‘Americanata’, a popular neologism introduced in the 1870s (and still in use today) that encapsulated a condescending view of American culture. The second section concentrates on the impact of William Cody’s 1890 and 1906 tours of Italy with his ‘Buffalo Bill’ Wild West show. The third and final section explores the ways and forms in which the vast mass of near-illiterate citizens built a vision—more imagined than real—of the United States of America.

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In this paper, we analyze working experiences of female sports journalists in the French-speaking Swiss daily press. We draw on Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and field to examine how structures of power shape these journalists’ lives. Based on 27 semistructured interviews and observations in the field, we found that women journalists’ work experiences depend on the relationship between their position in the field and their ethos and hexis. We identified three main strategies through which the women journalists negotiated their experiences: (1) conforming to the dominant male ethos (2) threatening the orthodoxy (3) resisting while hijacking the assigned role.

This article is an explication of the patchwork quilt of various sexist subjections and stereotyping that women journalists experience in the South African media. It makes an assessment of women journalists’ status 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA), adopted by 189 countries as a roadmap for gender equality. Women and Media, a critical area of concern of the BPfA, calls for commitment to end sexism and sexist stereotyping by and in the media as one of the conditions needed for the achievement of gender equality. This research examines the status of women journalists in the media using the theoretical lens of radical democracy to bring marginalised and diverse voices to the centre. Radical democracy theorist Chantal Mouffe elucidates the value of inclusive journalism for the deepening of democracy. The concept of a deep democracy is useful to examine whether women journalists identify progressive changes, consistent with the Beijing call for an end to sexism in the media. The research data was collected by the author through a collaborative research project, the Glass Ceilings: women in South African media houses, 2018, conducted with Gender Links and the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). The article analyses the findings drawn from more than 10,000 responses to a survey which asked: is gender discrimination a problem in the newsroom? Among the findings women reported experiencing an increase in sexism and sexist stereotyping in the South African media. It is argued that cybermisogyny by online media, against which there is little protection for the women journalists targeted, is an increasingly threatening form of silencing of women in media and by society that calls for action by government, media organisations and women media activists. The research findings reinforce the relevance of the Beijing commitment to end sexism in the media and for media activists in holding governments and media organisations accountable locally and globally.

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“A Frenchwoman Writes about Indochina, 1931-1949: Andrée Viollis and Anti-colonialism” examines investigative reporter Andrée Viollis’ journalistic career, especially her articles and books on French and other European colonies between 1922 and 1935, in order to challenge recent postcolonial critiques of her 1935 book, Indochine S.O.S, as immured in colonial ideology and rhetoric, including a kind of patriarchal feminism, despite being an exposé of colonial abuses and sympathetic to indigenous rebels against the colonial regime. Following the lines of recent critiques of postcolonial cultural approaches for inattention to the material conditions of colonialism, and feminist transnational scholars who attempt to link labour conditions in the “First World” to those in the “Third World,” The article establishes Viollis’ credentials as a liberal, not a maternal or patriarchal feminist, analyses her journalistic style, especially her use of indirect suggestion as a reporter in the popular daily press, and describes the interest in the colonies in the French public and press. Next the article describes Viollis’ colonial reporting and publications from the 1920s through 1935, with special attention to her exposés of economic exploitation in British and French colonies. Third, the article examines the evidence cited in postcolonial critiques of Viollis’ advocacy of equality between colonizers and colonized as mere equality between people of the same social class, her portrayal of indigenous Vietnamese as degraded, her belief that the French or French women should be moral tutors of the uncivilized natives, and finally her portrayal of indigenous peoples as degraded and animalistic, in light of a full analysis of her career and book. After a detailed analysis of her position on equality, morality, and the condition of peasants and workers up to and in the book, the articles rejects the evidence as partial and decontextualized, and the interpretation as unfamiliar with Viollis’ style.

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paper. 1 For general arguments against an excessive philosophical preoccupation with epistemology, see Jacques Derrida, Dissemination (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981); John Gunnell, Between Philosophy and Politics (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1986); Mark Krupnick, ed., Displacement (Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1983); Paul Kress, "Against Epistemology," Journal of Politics 41, no. 2 (May 1979): 526-42. For specific arguments against foundationalism, see Richard Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1979); Richard Bernstein, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983); Don Herzog, Without Foundations: Justification in Political Theory (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1985). It is worth noting the irony that even those most intent on repudiating epistemology on the grounds that traditional epistemological concerns involve claims altogether beyond the possibilities for human knowledge are themselves advancing epistemological claims.

Women journalist(s) have been portrayed in a number of Hindi films. This article examines the portrayal of women journalist(s) in Bollywood cinema. As the practice and profession of journalism has evolved over the years, so has the representation of journalism on screen. Many media reports suggest that even in the 21st century women continue to face hurdles in their professional journey as a journalist. The visual representation of female journalists plays a crucial role in constructing a social identity of women newsmakers. The objective of analysing media representations is to determine the beliefs and attitudes that go into the choosing of words and images that seek to depict real life, as well as what this can imply about the positions of the groups being portrayed. This article discusses how women journalists have been portrayed in Bollywood journalism films over the last two decades (2000-2020). It looks into whether these movies encourage or denigrate female journalists. The study contends that there is a mutually beneficial interaction between the news media and society seen in the explicit depictions of journalism in Hindi movies.

The history of women's engagement with the academy has been characterised by exclusion and inequality. Seven decades ago, Virginia Woolf1 asked: Do we want to join the procession or don't we? On wh...

This study analyzes the trajectory of Brazilian women journalists. It compares the position of women and men journalists in the workplace and in the configuration of journalistic careers. It also analyzes how bot groups make their choices within this organizational system. This study also discusses how work-family balance mechanisms affect both genders differently. To meet these objectives, two sets of data were explored: a survey conducted with 496 Brazilian journalists and in-depth interviews conducted with 21 professionals. Results coincide with findings from literature in the area regarding structural inequalities in the profession: women earn less; they are under-represented in leadership and directorial positions in media companies while simultaneously being in the majority in less legitimate and more precarious segments of the profession. Women appear to limit their career choices to less ambitious positions in the workplace. In addition, female journalists are more likely to be constrained by the effects of balancing work and family when building their careers. The study argues that the literature on journalism careers should take gender studies into account when proposing different typologies of journalists’ careers.

The media community in Lebanon has currently recognized the importance of women journalists’ role; few papers, however, have sought to discuss why they are still underrepresented in governance positions. Despite making up a majority and being active in the media field, Lebanese women journalists are still excluded from top management positions. This paper studies the factors that hinder them from climbing the ladder to top levels. It examines the status of women journalists in leadership positions in the media field, studies the obstacles and the barriers, and explores the glass ceiling they face. It highlights the religious, the political beliefs, the social issues and the binary division between the soft and the hard news that affect women’s leadership positions in the media sector. It is a blend of qualitative and quantitative approaches, as we looked for consistency among knowledgeable informants, to ensure comprehensive explanations and in-depth understanding of the related issues. The findings of the paper investigate media journalists’ points-of-view in terms of gender diversity and gender discrimination. They shed the light on the main obstacles, women and men journalists interviewees felt about women lack of progress as well as their inability to assume a place in decision-making processes and policy-setting positions. However, this study is not without its limitations; therefore, it recommends further research in order to explicitly explore strategies that promote the active participation of women in decision making structures in media in Lebanon. It creates value not only for the media sector but benefits as well the Lebanese society at large.

Previous articleNext article No AccessGender, Ethnicity, and Class in Kenya: "Burying Otieno" RevisitedApril GordonApril Gordon Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Signs Volume 20, Number 4Summer, 1995Postcolonial, Emergent, and Indigenous Feminisms Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/495025 Views: 45Total views on this site Citations: 15Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1995 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Wale Adebanwi Burying “Zik of Africa”: The Politics of Death and Cultural Crisis, Comparative Studies in Society and History 63, no.11 (Jan 2021): 41–71.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0010417520000377Maria G. Cattell Aging in Kenya: Older Kenyans in the Twenty-First Century, (Jan 2021): 67–81.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76501-9_5Rebecca Murray, Katy Day, Jane Tobbell Duvet woman versus action man: the gendered aetiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to English newspapers, Feminist Media Studies 19, no.66 (Apr 2019): 890–905.https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1595694Clare Buswell, Yvonne Corcoran-Nantes Precarious Liaisons: Gender, Moral Authority and Marriage in Colonial Kenya, (Oct 2017): 395–414.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58014-2_19Folasade Hunsu Engendering an Alternative Approach to Otherness in African Women's Autobiography, Life Writing 10, no.22 (Jun 2013): 171–185.https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2013.766299Elin Henrysson, Sandra F. Joireman On the Edge of the Law: Women's Property Rights and Dispute Resolution in Kisii, Kenya, Law & Society Review 43, no.11 (Mar 2009): 39–60.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00366.xS.F. Joireman The Mystery of Capital Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Women, Property Rights and Customary Law, World Development 36, no.77 (Jul 2008): 1233–1246.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.017Elsie Cloete Women, Home and Personal Narrative in Kenya, Journal of Literary Studies 24, no.11 (Mar 2008): 82–99.https://doi.org/10.1080/02564710701789057Elin Henrysson, Sandra Fullerton Joireman On the Edge of the Law: The Cost of Informal Property Rights Adjudication in Kisii, Kenya, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2007).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1003427Maria G. Cattell African Widows: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives, Journal of Women & Aging 15, no.2-32-3 (Oct 2008): 49–66.https://doi.org/10.1300/J074v15n02_04Lynn S. Khadiagala Justice and Power in the Adjudication of Women's Property Rights in Uganda, Africa Today 49, no.22 (Jun 2002): 100–121.https://doi.org/10.2979/AFT.2002.49.2.100Alexander A. Weinreb First Politics, Then Culture: Accounting for Ethnic Differences in Demographic Behavior in Kenya, Population and Development Review 27, no.33 (Sep 2001): 437–467.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00437.xJane L. Parpart The Widow Refuses: Embodied Practices and Negotiations over Inheritance in Zimbabwe, (Jan 2000): 159–179.https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333983904_9ELSIE CLOETE DELIBERATIONS ON NAMES AND SPACES: WAMBUI WAIYAKI OTIENO AND MAU MAU'S DAUGHTER, English Studies in Africa 43, no.11 (Jan 2000): 65–86.https://doi.org/10.1080/00138390008691289R. Ray, A. C. Korteweg WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS IN THE THIRD WORLD: Identity, Mobilization, and Autonomy, Annual Review of Sociology 25, no.11 (Aug 1999): 47–71.https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.25.1.47