Still the Angel in the Household
Political Cartoons of Elizabeth Dole's Presidential Campaign
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Gilmartin (University of South Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 51-67 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j014v22n04_03 |
| OpenAlex | W1561461502 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study is an analysis of political cartoons published about Elizabeth Dole during her 1999 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. A number of earlier researchers have examined media texts to evaluate how female, as compared to male, candidates are dealt with, but very few studies have focused on the representation of female candidates in political cartoons. In this examination of over 750 cartoons about the campaign in general, only 30 were found to be about Dole thus leading to the conclusion that political cartoonists paid her little attention of any sort. In those 30 cartoons, more often than not, Dole was represented not as a presidential candidate or even as an independent person, but as the wife of Robert Dole. She further was sexualized and domesticated by:(1) the settings in which she was depicted (often her home); (2) representations of her as the object of her husband's sexual revitalization by Viagra, the erectile dysfunction drug; and (3) her nurturance of her husband Robert's insecurities concerning his possible role as “First Husband.” A comparison of the cartoons about Dole with cartoons of her cohort of male candidates highlights the gender differences in cartoonists' representations of the candidates
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| Citations per year | 0.52 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |