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A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman's Magazine, 1800-1914

A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman's Magazine, 1800-1914

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ISBN10: 0415141125
ISBN13: 9780415141123
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 18 1996
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Like the corset, the women's magazines which emerged in the nineteenth century produced a natural' idea of femininity: the domestic wife; the fashionable woman; the romancing and desirable girl. Their legacy, from agony aunts to fashion plates, are easily traced in their modern counterparts. But do these magazines and their promises empower or disempower their readers?

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