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Book SynopsisFeminist Media: From the Second Wave to the Digital Age analyses the relationship between second wave feminist media production and capitalism, as well as identifying the tradition that can be drawn between second wave feminism, Riot Grrrl and feminist blogging today. There has been a recent re-evaluation of the importance of second wave feminist media, demonstrated by the digitization of Spare Rib by the British Library in 2015. However, up until now, research on the magazine has been limited.
This book analyses the relationship between Spare Rib and the capitalist publishing industry, comparing it to American feminist magazine Ms. The book argues that it is important to understand the cultural economies of the magazines as this had an impact on the assumed readership of the magazines, therefore having an impact on the issues that were privileged. The second half of the book charts a crucial and often overlooked link between feminist media production in the ‘second wave’ and more contemporary forms of feminist media activism.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Second Wave Feminism Media and its Contemporary Relevance / Part I: The Economics of Feminist Magazines / 2. Constructing the Reader / 3. Advertising Feminism: Negotiating Economics and Activism / Part II: Feminist Magazines and Historicizing the Second Wave / 4. Representing Race / 5. Pornography and the Politics of Sex / 6. Political Engagement in Spare Rib and Ms. / Part III: After the ‘Second Wave’ / 7. Riot Grrrl / 8. Feminist Digital Media / Conclusion
