{"product_id":"magazine-movements-9781441177452","title":"Magazine Movements","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurel Forster \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Her research interests and her range of publications contextualize the portrayal of women and women's cultures in magazines, women's writing and on television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since the publication of Betty Friedan’s\u003ci\u003e The Feminine Mystique\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963, academic studies have sought to gauge the extent to which mass-market commercial magazines directed toward female readers in the US and UK have either contributed to gender stereotyping or offered arenas in which women could contest stifling gender roles. Forster (media studies, Univ. of Portsmouth, UK) makes a solid, important contribution to this ongoing debate by investigating a group of British “magazines” published from the mid-20th century to the present that have been almost entirely overlooked by scholars. These include not only print magazines—\u003ci\u003eArena Three\u003c\/i\u003e (1964–71), the first openly lesbian magazine in Britain; \u003ci\u003eMukti \u003c\/i\u003e(1983–87), aimed at South Asian women; and a number of overtly feminist magazines—but also the television magazine Houseparty (1972–81) and various radio magazines. The most fascinating chapter examines the history and significance of the Cooperative Correspondence Club (1935–90), a small group of women with diverse geographic, religious, and class affiliation, which twice monthly hand-produced a copy of a magazine, comprising individual women's letters, that circulated among the group's members. Forster's extensive archival research, incisive analysis, and jargon-free writing makes this book a pleasurable as well as an educational experience.\u003cb\u003e Summing Up: \u003c\/b\u003eHighly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eAn enjoyable read. * Journal of Magazine Media *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazine Movements\u003c\/i\u003e significantly broadens and deepens the historical treatment of women’s magazines, and refuses easy generalisation about their meaning and role. Juxtaposing experimental, political and niche-audience titles to mainstream commercial products enables Forster to trace an inclusive, provocative history of British feminism across the second half of the twentieth century. Her innovative discussion of magazine formats, spanning print and broadcast media, charts the persistence and influence of the magazine genre for both commercial and counter-cultural negotiations of gender, race, sexuality and modernity. This is an authoritative and critical media history that makes important contributions to understanding women’s lives and political engagement. * Lucy Delap, Fellow of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK *\u003cbr\u003eLaurel Forster’s wide-ranging and thought-provoking case studies remind us that the ‘magazine’ format has not been confined to print. She reveals how the magazine has proven to be a highly adaptable mode for communicating and interacting with a range of audiences. * Maria DiCenzo, Professor of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Chapter 1: Writing Friendship and Support in \u003ci\u003eCCC\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 2: Refashioning Femininity in Wartime \u003ci\u003eHousewife\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 3: Linking Private and Public Over the Airwaves in \u003ci\u003eWoman's Hour \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 4: Exploring Sexuality in \u003ci\u003eArena 3 \u003c\/i\u003eChapter 5: Politicising the Personal in \u003ci\u003eShrew\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 6: Networking the Magazine Format in \u003ci\u003eHouseparty\u003c\/i\u003e Chapter 7: \u003ci\u003eMukti\u003c\/i\u003e: A Magazine 'Against Oppression as Women, Black People, and Workers' Chapter 8: Feminism on the Internet in \u003ci\u003ethe f-word \u003c\/i\u003eBibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187491823959,"sku":"9781441177452","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/magazine-movements-9781441177452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}