Reading Women's Magazines
An Analysis of Everyday Media Use
This book focuses on women's magazines, on how they are read and the role they play in their readers' lives.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1. Everyday Media Use.
2. Easily Put Down:.
How Women and Men read Women's Magazines.
3. Portrait of Two Readers.
4. Reading a Feminist Magazine:.
Fantasising the Female Homo Universalis. .
5. Reading Gossip Magazines:.
The Imagined Communities of "Gossip" and "Camp".
Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
Introduction.
1. Everyday Media Use.
2. Easily Put Down:.
How Women and Men read Women's Magazines.
3. Portrait of Two Readers.
4. Reading a Feminist Magazine:.
Fantasising the Female Homo Universalis. .
5. Reading Gossip Magazines:.
The Imagined Communities of "Gossip" and "Camp".
Conclusion.
Bibliography.
Index.
'Reading Women's Magazines is an eminently readable,
innovative and daring book, taking the study of media consumption
one step further in the direction of an anthropology of everyday
life, where it belongs.'
Ien Ang, Murdoch University, Australia
'The audience orientation of the book is likely to make it of
particular interest to students studying the sociology of the
media.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
innovative and daring book, taking the study of media consumption
one step further in the direction of an anthropology of everyday
life, where it belongs.'
Ien Ang, Murdoch University, Australia
'The audience orientation of the book is likely to make it of
particular interest to students studying the sociology of the
media.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
Joke Hermes is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
