| Women Making News: Gender and Journalism in Modern Britain Contributor(s): Tusan, Michelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 025203015X ISBN-13: 9780252030154 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2005 Annotation: Michelle Tusan's "Women Making News tells two stories: first, it examines alternative print-based political cultures that women developed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and second, it explores how British female subjects themselves forged a wide range of new political identities through the pages of "their press." Starting in the mid-nineteenth century, a rising cohort of female editors and journalists created a new genre of political journal they proclaimed to be both "for and by women." which continued until the 1930s. The development of new specialized periodicals, such as "Women's Penny Paper. Votes for Women, women's Gazette, and "Shafts, fostered the proliferation of diverse political agendas aimed at reimagining women's status in society. At the same time, the institutional infrastructure of the women's press provided new opportunities for women in nontraditional employments. Tusan's approach employs social and cultural historical analysis in the reading of popular printed texts, as well as rare and previously unpublished personal correspondence and business records from archives throughout Britain. "Women Making News is the first book-length study to uncover the important relationship between print culture and the gender politics that provided a vehicle for women's mobilization in the political culture of modern Britain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 072.082 |
| LCCN: 2005002728 |
| Series: History of Communication (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.3" W x 9.32" (1.52 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Starting in the mid-nineteenth century, female editors and journalists created a new genre of political journal they proclaimed to be both for and by women. Specialized periodicals like Women's Penny Paper and Shafts fostered the proliferation of diverse political agendas aimed at reimagining women's status in society. At the same time, the institutional infrastructure of the women's press provided women with job opportunities in a nontraditional field. Michelle Tusan tells two stories. First, she examines alternative print-based political cultures that women developed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Second, she explores how British female subjects forged a wide range of new political identities through the pages of their press. Tusan employs social and cultural historical analysis in the reading of popular printed texts, as well as rare and previously unpublished personal correspondence and business records from archives throughout Britain. Insightful and filled with fascinating detail, Women Making News uncovers how the relationship between print culture and gender politics provided a vehicle for women's mobilization in the political culture of modern Britain. |