The American Woman Series: Gender and Class in "The Ladies' Home Journal," 1897.

Kitch, Carolyn

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Publication Date: 1998

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The American Woman Series: Gender and Class in "The Ladies' Home Journal," 1897.

Kitch, Carolyn

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v75 n2 p243-62 Sum 1998

Contributes to (and draws on) journalism history, mass-culture studies, and women's history in a rhetorical analysis of a series of six full-page illustrations titled "The American Woman" run in 1897 in "The Ladies' Home Journal." Reveals how class and gender issues intersected and underscored the role of the mass media in public discussions of these emerging concerns. (SR)

Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Illustrations, Journalism History, Mass Media Role, Media Research, Popular Culture, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Social Class, Womens History

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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