Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s : The Postwar and Contemporary Period.
Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s : The Postwar and Contemporary Period.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (456 pages).
- The Edinburgh History of Women's Periodical Culture in Britain Ser. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2010s -- Part I: Publishing Industries and Practices -- 1. Culture Versus Commerce: The Publishing of Feminist Books Since the 1940s -- 2. Spare Rib and the Print Culture of Women's Liberation -- 3. The Impact of the Women-Only Publishing Phenomenon on Early Second-Wave Feminism, Literature and Culture -- 4. Producing a Lesbian Magazine at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century -- 5. 'Hey, here's the new way': Young Women's Magazines in Times of the Web 3.0 Part II: Interacting with Readers -- 6. 'There is a War on. Does She Know?': Transatlantic Female Stardom and Women's Wartime Labour in British Film Fan Magazines -- 7. 'The Most Helpful Friends in the World': Letters Pages, Expertise and Emotion in British Women's Magazines, c. 1960-80 -- 8. 'Everything a Girl Could Ask For'? Fashioning Feminism in Just Seventeen -- Part III: Tastemaking: Arts and Culture -- 9. 'When is a writer not a writer? When he's a man': Women's Literary Award Culture in Britain 1940-2019 10. Arena Three Magazine and the Construction of the Middlebrow Lesbian Reader -- 11. Always in with the In-Crowd: Vogue and the Cultural Politics of Gender, Race, Class and Taste -- 12. 'Leaps and Bounds': Feminist Interventions in Scottish Literary Magazine Culture -- 13. Promoting Involvement in Performance: Performing Arts Journals and Women Writers, 1945-69 -- Part IV: Feminisms and Activisms -- 14. 'It's Capitalism, not me sweetheart': Women's Activist Magazines on the Left -- 15. Women's Voice , the Rise and Fall of a Socialist-Feminist Newspaper in Britain 1972-82 16. Spare Rib, Ms. and Reproductive Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches -- 17. Digital Feminist Cultures -- 18. 'Alive, practical and different': Harpies and Quines and Scottish Feminist Print in the 1990s -- Part V: Negotiating Femininities -- 19. 'Doing Food' in Vogue -- 20. Frank -- Frocks, Politics, Lipstick, Handbags, Human Rights, Babies, Gardening, Stilettos and Fridge Magnets -- 21. Writing about Mothering and Childcare in the British Women's Liberation Movement, 1970-85 -- 22. Beyond Utility: Pushing the Frontiers in Women's Monthlies: Modern Woman 1943-51 -- Appendix Notes on Contributors -- Index
Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s draws attention to the wide range of postwar print cultures for women. The collection spans domestic, cultural and feminist magazines and extends to ephemera, novels and other printed matter as well as digital magazine formats.
9781474469999
Women's periodicals.
Women's studies--Periodicals.
Feminism--Periodicals.
Printing--Social aspects--History.
Books and reading--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Book industries and trade--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Authorship--History--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4835 / .W664 2020
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2010s -- Part I: Publishing Industries and Practices -- 1. Culture Versus Commerce: The Publishing of Feminist Books Since the 1940s -- 2. Spare Rib and the Print Culture of Women's Liberation -- 3. The Impact of the Women-Only Publishing Phenomenon on Early Second-Wave Feminism, Literature and Culture -- 4. Producing a Lesbian Magazine at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century -- 5. 'Hey, here's the new way': Young Women's Magazines in Times of the Web 3.0 Part II: Interacting with Readers -- 6. 'There is a War on. Does She Know?': Transatlantic Female Stardom and Women's Wartime Labour in British Film Fan Magazines -- 7. 'The Most Helpful Friends in the World': Letters Pages, Expertise and Emotion in British Women's Magazines, c. 1960-80 -- 8. 'Everything a Girl Could Ask For'? Fashioning Feminism in Just Seventeen -- Part III: Tastemaking: Arts and Culture -- 9. 'When is a writer not a writer? When he's a man': Women's Literary Award Culture in Britain 1940-2019 10. Arena Three Magazine and the Construction of the Middlebrow Lesbian Reader -- 11. Always in with the In-Crowd: Vogue and the Cultural Politics of Gender, Race, Class and Taste -- 12. 'Leaps and Bounds': Feminist Interventions in Scottish Literary Magazine Culture -- 13. Promoting Involvement in Performance: Performing Arts Journals and Women Writers, 1945-69 -- Part IV: Feminisms and Activisms -- 14. 'It's Capitalism, not me sweetheart': Women's Activist Magazines on the Left -- 15. Women's Voice , the Rise and Fall of a Socialist-Feminist Newspaper in Britain 1972-82 16. Spare Rib, Ms. and Reproductive Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches -- 17. Digital Feminist Cultures -- 18. 'Alive, practical and different': Harpies and Quines and Scottish Feminist Print in the 1990s -- Part V: Negotiating Femininities -- 19. 'Doing Food' in Vogue -- 20. Frank -- Frocks, Politics, Lipstick, Handbags, Human Rights, Babies, Gardening, Stilettos and Fridge Magnets -- 21. Writing about Mothering and Childcare in the British Women's Liberation Movement, 1970-85 -- 22. Beyond Utility: Pushing the Frontiers in Women's Monthlies: Modern Woman 1943-51 -- Appendix Notes on Contributors -- Index
Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s draws attention to the wide range of postwar print cultures for women. The collection spans domestic, cultural and feminist magazines and extends to ephemera, novels and other printed matter as well as digital magazine formats.
9781474469999
Women's periodicals.
Women's studies--Periodicals.
Feminism--Periodicals.
Printing--Social aspects--History.
Books and reading--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Book industries and trade--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Authorship--History--20th century.
Electronic Books.
PN4835 / .W664 2020