The Woman S Magazine

Author : Margaret Beetham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134768783

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A Magazine of Her Own? by Margaret Beetham Pdf

Like the corset, the women's magazines which emerged in the nineteenth century produced a `natural' idea of femininity: the domestic wife; the fashionable woman; the romancing and desirable girl. Their legacy, from agony aunts to fashion plates, are easily traced in their modern counterparts. But do these magazines and their promises empower or disempower their readers? A Magazine of Her Own? is a lively and revealing exploration of this immensely popular form from its beginnings. In fascinating detail Margaret Beetham investigates the desires, images and interpretations of femininity posed by a medium whose readership was and still is almost exclusively female. A Magazine of Her Own is at once a chronological tracing of the history, a collection of intriguing case studies and an intervention into recent debates about gender and sexuality in popular reading. It is a book which anyone who is interested in the unique, influential world of the woman's magazine - students, scholars and general readers alike - will want to read

Author : Rachel Ritchie,Sue Hawkins,Nicola Phillips,S. Jay Kleinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317584025

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Women in Magazines by Rachel Ritchie,Sue Hawkins,Nicola Phillips,S. Jay Kleinberg Pdf

Women have been important contributors to and readers of magazines since the development of the periodical press in the nineteenth century. By the mid-twentieth century, millions of women read the weeklies and monthlies that focused on supposedly "feminine concerns" of the home, family and appearance. In the decades that followed, feminist scholars criticized such publications as at best conservative and at worst regressive in their treatment of gender norms and ideals. However, this perspective obscures the heterogeneity of the magazine industry itself and women’s experiences of it, both as readers and as journalists. This collection explores such diversity, highlighting the differing and at times contradictory images and understandings of women in a range of magazines and women’s contributions to magazines in a number of contexts from late nineteenth century publications to twenty-first century titles in Britain, North America, continental Europe and Australia.

Author : Rosalind Ballaster
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002033819

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Women's Worlds by Rosalind Ballaster Pdf

This book integrates new material, using sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth century periodical press, research with contemporary readers, the authors' critical reading of past and present magazines, and a clear discussion of theoretical approaches from literary criticism. The development of the genre, and its part in the historical process of forging modern definitions of gender, class and race are analysed through critical readings and a discussion of readers' negotiations with the contradictory pleasures of the magazine, and its constricting ideal of femininity.

Author : Ros Ballaster,Margaret Beetham,Elizabeth Frazer,Sandra Hebron
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349213917

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Women's Worlds by Ros Ballaster,Margaret Beetham,Elizabeth Frazer,Sandra Hebron Pdf

This book integrates new material, using sources from the eighteenth and nineteenth century periodical press, research with contemporary readers, the authors' critical reading of past and present magazines, and a clear discussion of theoretical approaches from literary criticism. The development of the genre, and its part in the historical process of forging modern definitions of gender, class and race are analysed through critical readings and a discussion of readers' negotiations with the contradictory pleasures of the magazine, and its constricting ideal of femininity.

Author : Kara Jesella,Marisa Meltzer
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466821613

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How Sassy Changed My Life by Kara Jesella,Marisa Meltzer Pdf

For a generation of teenage girls, Sassy magazine was nothing short of revolutionary—so much so that its audience, which stretched from tweens to twentysomething women, remains obsessed with it to this day and back issues are sold for hefty sums on the Internet. For its brief but brilliant run from 1988 to 1994, Sassy was the arbiter of all that was hip and cool, inspiring a dogged devotion from its readers while almost single-handedly bringing the idea of girl culture to the mainstream. In the process, Sassy changed the face of teen magazines in the United States, paved the way for the unedited voice of blogs, and influenced the current crop of smart women's zines, such as Bust and Bitch, that currently hold sway. How Sassy Changed My Life will present for the first time the inside story of the magazine's rise and fall while celebrating its unique vision and lasting impact. Through interviews with the staff, columnists, and favorite personalities we are brought behind the scenes from its launch to its final issue and witness its unique fusion of feminism and femininity, its frank commentary on taboo topics like teen sex and suicide, its battles with advertisers and the religious right, and the ascension of its writers from anonymous staffers to celebrities in their own right.

Author : Anna Gough-Yates
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : 0415216397

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Understanding Women's Magazines by Anna Gough-Yates Pdf

Anna Gough-Yates considers the rapid shift in women's magazines towards titles aimed at newly-identified 'lifestyle' groups of women readers.

Author : Marjorie Ferguson
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015005074748

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Forever Feminine by Marjorie Ferguson Pdf

Author : Janice Winship
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Women's periodicals
ISBN : UOM:39015014447968

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Inside Women's Magazines by Janice Winship Pdf

Author : Rebecca Johinke
Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781925984002

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Queens of Print by Rebecca Johinke Pdf

For fifty years our most powerful popular culture influencers have been the high-powered editors of mass-market women’s magazines like The Australian Women’s Weekly, Woman’s Day, New Idea and the now defunct Dolly, Cleo and Cosmopolitan. It is difficult to overstate the influence that these women have had in shaping popular ideas and attitudes, feminism, and femininity in Australia via the pages of their magazines. In these interviews, they describe their lives and careers in a medium that is part of our publishing heritage. Queens of Print is a tribute to the most influential and iconic women in Australian women’s magazines. It is a snapshot of a rapidly changing industry where print is supposedly dead, and media have been disrupted. This book looks back, but also forward to consider what a magazine might be and what a magazine editor might do in future decades.

Author : Noliwe Rooks,Victoria Pass,Ayana Weekley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134832460

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Women’s Magazines in Print and New Media by Noliwe Rooks,Victoria Pass,Ayana Weekley Pdf

This book contributes to our collective understanding of the significance of representations of women and gender in magazines in both their print and online forms. The essays are authored by scholars, writers and cultural producers in fields such as art, film and visual studies, literature, critical race studies, communications, broadcast and print journalism, history, and women and gender studies. Taken as a whole, the volume offers historical breadth and perspectives that are transnational and cross-racial on women in magazines and digital media in a variety of ways. It examines how women are represented, how women have created and produced magazines and how women make meaning of themselves and their world using magazines as key sources of information.

Author : Mary Ellen Zuckerman
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015045650267

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A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995 by Mary Ellen Zuckerman Pdf

Throughout their history, women's mass circulation journals have played a major role in the lives of millions of American women. Yet the women's magazines of the early 20th century were quite different from those perused by women today. This book looks at changes that occurred in these journals and offers insight into these changes. Business forces formed a key shaping mechanism, tempered by individual editors, readers, advertisers, technology, and cultural and social forces. Founded in the second half of the 19th century, six titles became the largest circulators—Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, Pictorial Review, Woman's Home Companion, and Delineator. Capturing the interest of readers and advertisers, these journals published reliable service departments, fiction, and investigative reporting; however, competition eventually bred editorial caution. This, coupled with the depression of the 1930s, led to a narrowing of content and the beginning of Betty Friedan's feminine mystique. After World War II, the journals faced competition from television. The women's liberation movement and women's entry into the work force also brought changes.

Author : Margaret Beetham,Kay Boardman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0719058791

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Victorian Women's Magazines by Margaret Beetham,Kay Boardman Pdf

Focusing on the historical development of the British women's magazine, this book begins with descriptions of different kinds of magazines. This is followed by an exploration of elements that made up the mix of ingredients and a comprehensive listing.

Author : Joke Hermes
Publisher : Polity
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745612717

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Reading Women's Magazines by Joke Hermes Pdf

This book focuses on women's magazines, on how they are read and the role they play in their readers' lives.

Author : Jane Waller,Michael Vaughan-Rees
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013331965

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Women in Wartime by Jane Waller,Michael Vaughan-Rees Pdf

"The unsung heroes of the Second World War were the women who were left behind. Isolated from the action, fearful for the lives of their menfolk and hopeful for a future at peace, they adapted well to a rapidly changing world. This book provides a full commentary onhome life during those wartime years. Drawing on an unrivalled collection of contemporary women's magazines, the authors have extracted features, fashion tips, morale-boosting stories, mottoes and recipes to present a panoramic view of women's shifting roles. Emotional reaciton, the practicalities of working and maintaining a home, relationships with Allied troops and, of course, love, leisure and fashion are all included, together with advertisments and readers' letters from the war years. As never before, the portrait that emerges of women in wartime is one of immense courage, good humour and ingenuity"--Back cover.

Author : Noliwe M. Rooks
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0813534259

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Ladies' Pages by Noliwe M. Rooks Pdf

Noliwe M. Rooks's Ladies' Pages sheds light on the most influential African American women's magazines--Ringwood's Afro-American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, Tan Confessions, Essence, and O, the Oprah Magazine--and their little-known success in shaping the lives of black women. Ladies' Pages demonstrates how these rare and thought-provoking publications contributed to the development of African American culture and the ways in which they in turn reflect important historical changes in black communities.