Book chapter
Sexual Harassment as an Economic Concern: Swedish and American Coverage of Astra
Sex and Money, p.88
Commerce and mass culture series, University of Minnesota Press
2002
Abstract
This chapter uses allegations of sexual harassment against Astra USA to link two important topics: sexual harassment and the power of the media as a cultural influence. It considers how the media contribute both to the condemnation and prevention of sexual harassment and to its persistence in an attempt to further our understanding of the underlying problem of sexual harassment and the cultural descriptions and manifestations of sexual harassment.
Relying primarily on two U.S. newspapers, two Swedish newspapers, and an international business newspaper published in Britain, the chapter focuses on various conversations about sexual harassment in the print media and
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Sexual Harassment as an Economic Concern: Swedish and American Coverage of Astra
- Creators
- Nancy Hauserman
- Contributors
- Eileen R. Meehan (Editor)Ellen Riordan (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Sex and Money, p.88
- Series
- Commerce and mass culture series
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press; Minneapolis
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2002
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984963225702771
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