Imagining Gender, Nation and Consumerism in Magazines of the 1920s.

Summary: Offering the first comparative study of 1920s' US and Canadian print cultures, 'Imagining Gender, Nation and Consumerism in Magazines of the 1920s' comparatively examines the highly influential 'Ladies' Home Journal' (1883-2014) and the often-overlooked 'Canadian Home Journal' (1905-1958), revealing how they constructed their imagined audience as readers, consumers and citizens.

Record details

ISBN: 9781785273483
ISBN: 1785273485
Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: London : Anthem Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:october.21 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Help and Harm of Magazines -- Experience: Character and the Domestic Self -- Reading Fiction -- Reading Advertisements -- Appearance: Beauty, Fashion and the Visual Self -- Frugal Fashion -- 'Natural' Beauty -- Conclusions -- 3 The Home and Domesticity: Readers, Consumers, Citizens -- Nineteenth-Century Domesticity -- Separate Spheres -- The Dual Meaning of 'Domestic' -- An Ideal Opportunity: The Christmas Issues of 1920 -- Beyond the Issue: Content Analysis and Contents Pages -- Conclusions -- 4 Fashionable, Beautiful, Moral: Idealised Images of Femininity
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.