Gender, modernity, and the popular press in inter-war Britain /

Journalists often claim that they write the first draft of history, but few historians examine the press in detail when preparing later drafts. This book demonstrates the value of popular newspapers as a historical source by using them to explore the attitudes and identites of inter-war Britain, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bingham, Adrian
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women > Press coverage > Great Britain > History.
Women in mass media.
Sex role in mass media.
Sex role > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
English newspapers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Femmes dans la presse > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Femmes dans les médias.
Rôle selon le sexe dans les médias.
Rôle selon le sexe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Journaux anglais > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
English newspapers
Manners and customs
Sex role
Sex role in mass media
Women in mass media
Women > Press coverage
Presse
Geschlechterrolle
Frau
Sekseverschillen.
Moderniteit.
Nieuwsbladen.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 1918-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 1918-1945.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Women
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The evolution of the popular daily press
  • 2. The discourse of modernity
  • 3. Traditional duties : housewife, mother, consumer
  • 4. Reshaping the political sphere : the female voter
  • 5. The gendered gaze : fashion, the female body, and sexual morality
  • 6. Patriotism and citizenship : the gendered languages of war and peace
  • 7. Masculinity : ideals and anxieties
  • Appendix The women's pages.

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