Ladies' Pages : African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them /

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Beginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. Noliwe M. Rooks & amp;rsquo;s Ladies & amp;rsquo; Pages sheds light on the most influential African Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rooks, Noliwe, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frauenzeitschrift
Kulturelle Identität
Women's periodicals, American.
African American periodicals.
REFERENCE > General.
Periodiques noirs americains > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Periodiques noirs americains > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Women's periodicals, American > History > 19th century.
African American periodicals > History > 19th century.
Women's periodicals, American > History > 20th century.
African American periodicals > History > 20th century.
USA.
Schwarze.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Beginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. Noliwe M. Rooks & amp;rsquo;s Ladies & amp;rsquo; Pages sheds light on the most influential African American women & amp;rsquo;s magazines & amp;ndash; & amp;ndash;Ringwood & amp;rsquo;s Afro-American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, Tan Confessions, Essence, and O, the Oprah Magazine & amp;ndash; & amp;ndash;and their little-known success in shaping the lives of black women. Ladies & amp;rsquo; Pages demonstrates how thes.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813542522

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