{"product_id":"womens-voices-in-digital-media-jennifer-omeara-9781477324448","title":"Women's Voices in Digital Media: The Sonic Screen from Film to Memes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Publication Award Honorable Mention, British Association for Film, Television and Screen Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An examination of the sound and silence of women in digital media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In today's digital era, women's voices are heard everywhere--from smart home devices to social media platforms, virtual reality, podcasts, and even memes--but these new forms of communication are often accompanied by dated gender politics. In \u003ci\u003eWomen's Voices in Digital Media\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer O'Meara dives into new and well-established media formats to show how contemporary screen media and cultural practices police and fetishize women's voices, but also provide exciting new ways to amplify and empower them. \u003cp\u003e As she travels through the digital world, O'Meara discovers newly acknowledged--or newly erased--female voice actors from classic films on YouTube, meets the AI and digital avatars in \u003ci\u003eHer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Congress\u003c\/i\u003e, and hears women's voices being disembodied in new ways via podcasts and VR voice-overs. She engages with dialogue that is spreading with only the memory of a voice, looking at how popular media like \u003ci\u003eClueless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e have been mined for feminist memes, and encounters vocal ventriloquism on \u003ci\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/i\u003e that queers and valorizes the female voice. Through these detailed case studies, O'Meara argues that the digital proliferation of screens alters the reception of sounds as much as that of images, with substantial implications for women's voices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer O'Meara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477324445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477324448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.38w x 0.94d","brand":"Jennifer O'Meara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054366748927,"sku":"9781477324448","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1380069-2682-4c67-9128-5ffc1e69ccd9.jpg?v=1685029549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-voices-in-digital-media-jennifer-omeara-9781477324448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}