Ladies' pages : African American women's magazines and the culture that made them / Noliwe M. Rooks.
| Author/creator | Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xiii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Scattered pages: magazines, sex, and the culture of migration -- 2. Refashioning rape: Ringwood's Afro-American journal of fashion -- 3. To make a lady Black and bid her sing: clothes, class, and color -- 4. "Colored faces looking out of fashion plates. Well!": twentieth-century fashion, migration, and urbanization -- 5. No place like home: domesticity, domestic work, and consumerism -- 6. Urban confessions and tan fantasies: the commodification of marriage and sexual desire in African American magazine fiction -- 7. But is it Black and female?: Essence, O, and American magazine publishing. |
| Local note | Little-344730--305131050720R |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003018868 |
| ISBN | 0813534240 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813534259 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN4882.5 .R66 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |