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

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Bingham, Adrian
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Oxford : Clarendon ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations
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English.
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.
Summary
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 in particular the reshaping of femininity and masculinity. It provides a fresh insight into a period of great significance in the making of twentieth century gender identities, when women and men were coming to terms with the upheavals of the Great War, the arrival of democracy, and rapid social change. The book also deepens our understanding of the development of the modern media by showing how newspaper editors, in the fierce competition for readers, developed a template for the popular press that is still influential today.
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HIS3035
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ISBN
9780191556739 (electronic bk.)
0191556734 (electronic bk.)
1423753267 (electronic bk.)
9781423753261 (electronic bk.)
1280757787
9781280757785
9786610757787
661075778X
0199272476 (Cloth)
9780199272471 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-265) and index.
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