Yours in sisterhood : Ms. magazine and the promise of popular feminism / Amy Erdman Farrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrell, Amy Erdman.

Series:

Gender & American culture

Gender & American culture Yours in sisterhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ms. (New York, N.Y. : 1990).

Feminism--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Feminism--History--20th century.

Women--United States--History--20th century.

Women.

Women--History--20th century.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 232 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Amy Erdman Farrell traces Ms. from its pathbreaking origins in 1972 to its final commercial issue in 1989. Drawing on interviews with former editors, archival materials, and the text of the magazine itself, Farrell examines the role Ms. played in popularizing feminism and explores the complexities and contradictions created by a publication that sought to forge an oppositional politics within the context of commercial culture. An engrossing and objective account, Yours in Sisterhood illuminates the significant yet difficult connections between commercial culture and social movements. It reveals a complex, often contradictory magazine that was a major force in the contemporary feminist movement.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Like a Tarantula on a Banana Boat: The Origins of Ms. Magazine Ch. 2. Self Help and Sisterhood: Ms. in the 1970s Ch. 3. This Side of Combat Boots: Ms. in the 1980s Ch. 4. Readers Writing Ms. Ch. 5. A Change of Skin or a Change of Heart?: Ms. in Transition, 1987 1989 Conclusion: Imagining a Popular Feminism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9798890867841

9780807866672

0807866679