Roughing it in the Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixti

Description: Roughing it in the Suburbs by Valerie J. Korinek Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Korinek shows that rather than promoting domestic perfection, Chatelaine did not cling to the stereotypes of the era, but instead forged ahead, providing women with a variety of images, ideas, and critiques of womens role in society. Publisher Description Originally launched in 1928, by the 1950s and 1960s nearly two million readers every month sampled "Chatelaine" magazines eclectic mixture of traditional and surprisingly unconventional articles and editorials. At a time when the American womens magazine market began to flounder thanks to the advent of television, "Chatelaines" subscriptions expanded, as did the lively debate between its pages.Why?In this exhilarating study of Canadas foremost womens publication in the 50s and 60s, Valerie Korinek shows that while the magazine was certainly filled with advertisements that promoted domestic perfection through the endless expansion of consumer spending, a number of its sections including fiction, features, letters, and the editors column began to contain material that subversively complicated the simple consumer recipes for affluent domesticity. Articles on abortion, spousal abuse, and poverty proliferated alongside explicitly feminist editorials. It was a potent mixture and the mail poured in both praising and criticizing the new directions at the magazine.It was "Chatelaines" highly interactive and participatory nature that encouraged what Korinek calls "a community of readers" readers that in their very response to the magazine led to its success. "Chatelaine" did not cling to the stereotypical images of the era, instead it forged ahead providing women with a variety of images, ideas, and critiques of womens role in society. Chatelaines dissemination of feminist ideas laid the foundation for feminism in Canada in the 1970s and after.Comprehensive, fascinating, and full of lively debate and history, "Roughing it in the Suburbs" provides a cultural study that weaves together a history of "Chatelaines" producers, consumers, and text. It illustrates how the structure of the magazines production, and the composition of its editorial and business offices allowed for feminist material to infiltrate a mass-market womens monthly. In doing so it offers a detailed analysis of the times, the issues, and the national cross section of the women and, sometimes, men, who participated in the success of a Canadian cultural landmark.Winner of the Laura Jamieson Prize, awarded by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women Author Biography Valerie Korinek is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan. Details ISBN 0802080413 ISBN-13 9780802080417 Title Roughing it in the Suburbs Author Valerie J. Korinek Format Paperback Year 2000 Pages 512 Publisher University of Toronto Press GE_Item_ID:161814886; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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