Gender and the Victorian Periodical [Paperback]

Examines the role of the Victorian periodical in defining and refining ideas of gender.Gender and the Victorian Periodical examines the important part played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining the ideas of gender and gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century. It locates the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture, and consider issues of gender in the development of the press as a powerful political and social medium. The study examines broad questions as they are explored in a range of different kinds of periodicals, from journalism to comic magazines.Gender and the Victorian Periodical examines the important part played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining the ideas of gender and gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century. It locates the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture, and consider issues of gender in the development of the press as a powerful political and social medium. The study examines broad questions as they are explored in a range of different kinds of periodicals, from journalism to comic magazines.Examining the important role played by the Victorian periodical in defining and refining gender roles during the second half of the nineteenth century, this study analyzes the periodical press in nineteenth-century culture. It considers issues of gender in the presses' development as a powerful political and social medium. The authors examine broad questions as they are explored in a range of periodicals, from literary and political reviews to comic magazines.List of plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The writing subject; 2. The gendered reader; 3. Editorship and gender; 4. Gender and the 'Politics of Home'; 5. Gender and cultural imperialism; 6. Feminism and the press; 7. Gender, commodity and the late nineteenth-century periodical; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. This is a good book and an interesting one. Its treatment of women el#c