INUIT GIRLS MAKE MEDIA: RESISTING STEREOTYPES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH

• Main Author: Glennie, Cassidy
• Other Authors: Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology, Master of Arts, n/a, Fiona Martin, Diana Lewis, Elizabeth Fitting, Martha Radice, Received, Not Applicable
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: sociology; media studies; girlhood studies; Indigenous studies; Inuit; video; Nunavut; Rankin Inlet; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75429

Historically, entertainment media have reproduced inaccurate and stereotypical media representations of Indigenous peoples. In this thesis, I draw on concepts such as Stuart Hall’s theory of media influence, Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of symbolic violence, George Gerbner and Gaye Tuchman’s ideas of s...