A unique intersection between periodical and literary scholarship, and class and gender history, this book showcases a brand-new approach to surveying a popular domestic magazine. Reading Woman’s Weekly alongside titles including Good Housekeeping, My Weekly, Peg’s Paper and Woman’s Own, and works by authors including Dot Allan, E.M. Delafield, George Orwell and J.B. Priestley, it positions the publication within both the contemporary magazine market and the field of literature more broadly, redrawing the parameters of that field as it approaches the domestic magazine as a literary genre in its own right. Between 1918 and 1958, Woman’s Weekly targeted a lower middle-class readership: broadly, housewives and unmarried clerical workers on low incomes, who viewed or aspired to view themselves as middle-class. Examining the magazine’s distinctively lower middle-class treatment of issues including the First World War’s impact on gender, the status of housewives and working women, women’s contribution to the Second World War effort, and Britain’s post-war economic and social recovery, this book supplies fresh and challenging insights into lower middle-class culture, during a period in which Britain’s lower middle classes were gaining prominence, and middle-class lifestyles were undergoing rapid and radical change.

A unique intersection between periodical and literary scholarship, and class and gender history, this book showcases a brand-new approach to surveying a popular domestic magazine. Reading Woman's Weekly alongside titles including Good Housekeeping, My Weekly, Peg's Paper and Woman's Own, and works by authors including Dot Allan, E.M. Delafield, George Orwell and J.B. Priestley, it positions the publication within both the contemporary magazine market and the field of literature more broadly, redrawing the parameters of that field as it approaches the domestic magazine as a literary genre in its own right.

This volume contributes to the vibrant, ongoing recuperative work on women's writing by shedding new light on a group of authors commonly dismissed as middlebrow in their concerns and conservative in their styles and politics. The neologism 'interfeminism' - coined to partner Kristin Bluemel's 'intermodernism' - locates this group chronologically and ideologically between two 'waves' of feminism, whilst also forging connections between the political and cultural monoliths that have traditionally overshadowed them. Drawing attention to the strengths of this 'out-of-category' writing in its own right, this volume also highlights how intersecting discourses of gender, class and society in the interwar and post-war periods pave the way for the bold reassessments of female subjectivity that characterise second and third wave feminism. The essays showcase the stylistic, cultural and political vitality of a substantial group of women authors of fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry and journalism including Vera Brittain, Storm Jameson, Nancy Mitford, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Rumer Godden, Attia Hosain, Doris Lessing, Kamala Markandaya, Susan Ertz, Marghanita Laski, Elizabeth Bowen, Edith Pargeter, Eileen Bigland, Nancy Spain, Vera Laughton Matthews, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Dorothy Whipple, Elizabeth Taylor, Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Comyns, Shelagh Delaney, Stevie Smith and Penelope Mortimer. Additional exploration of the popular magazines Woman's Weekly and Good Housekeeping and new material from the Vera Brittain archive add an innovative dimension to original readings of the literature of a transformative period of British social and cultural history.

Explores the problem of anthropomorphism: a major bone of contention in 8th to 14th-century Islamic theology

"The first in-depth study of the landmark modern feminist magazine, "Time and Tide." Unique in establishing itself as the only female-run intellectual weekly in the golden age of the weekly review, "Time and Tide" both challenged persistent prejudices against women's participation in public life and played an instrumental role in redefining women's gender roles and identities. Drawing on extensive new archival research, Catherine Clay recovers the contributions to this magazine of both well- and lesser-known British women writers, editors, critics and journalists and explores a cultural dialogue about literature, politics and the arts that took place beyond the parameters of modernist 'little magazines.' The book makes a major contribution to the history of women's writing and feminism in Britain between the wars."--Publisher's description

Discusses the history and gendered nature of education policy and the impact of policies on practice in education. The articles represent a range of views and approaches to education, demonstrating the complexity of educational experience and the influence of class, race, culture and gender.

In the years between the world wars, Manhattan's Fourteenth Street-Union Square district became a center for commercial, cultural, and political activities, and hence a sensitive barometer of the dramatic social changes of the period. It was here that four urban realist painters--Kenneth Hayes Miller, Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, and Isabel Bishop--placed their images of modern "new women." Bargain stores, cheap movie theaters, pinball arcades, and radical political organizations were the backdrop for the women shoppers, office and store workers, and consumers of mass culture portrayed by these artists. Ellen Wiley Todd deftly interprets the painters' complex images as they were refracted through the gender ideology of the period. This is a work of skillful interdisciplinary scholarship, combining recent insights from feminist art history, gender studies, and social and cultural theory. Drawing on a range of visual and verbal representations as well as biographical and critical texts, Todd balances the historical context surrounding the painters with nuanced analyses of how each artist's image of womanhood contributed to the continual redefining of the "new woman's" relationships to men, family, work, feminism, and sexuality.

Three of Sally Jenkins' short story collections brought together in one bumper volume! This compilation contains all 36 stories previously published in Sally's individual collections, One Day for Me, Old Friends and House Guests. Enjoy tales with a twist, competition-winning prose and gentler slices of life, with a hint of romance.Many of these successful stories were selected for inclusion in UK publications such as The Weekly News, My Weekly and The People's Friend. "Sally Jenkins knows how to build a story. She takes the mundane, and makes it intriguing. She hooks the reader, and reels him in ... her capacity for twisting each tale's ending is nothing short of phenomenal." - US Readers' Favorite Book Review Website. Delve inside and discover how the past catches up with a government minister. Read a tale of TV talent shows and first love. And experience a school French exchange visit with a difference ... One Day for Me A middle-aged lady has a rare day of pampering. Will it be her last? Replacing the Empire Mrs Simpson gets cold feet before her marriage to Edward VIII The Loneliness of the Short Distance Runner Gold medals need sacrifice. Is it worth it? Found Property Charlotte finds an umbrella on a bus & starts her own business Deal or no Deal? Why does Julia meet her daughter's boyfriend in a caf�? Out of the Shadows Sylvia's been out with married men before but Gerald is different Consequences The past catches up with the new Minister for the Family A Tangled Web An imaginary boyfriend causes problems Another Fine Mess A follow up visit from a 'clean your house' reality show. Please Hold A student wants more cash from Mum Points Mean Prizes Robert is obsessed with supermarket loyalty points & grocery vouchers Old Friends Caroline's life is different to that of her friends. Will she cope when they meet again? Genius Decision Barbara meets a genie. What will she wish for? Lifting the Cup A new football trophy is up for grabs Out of Control A terrifying experience in a car Champagne Girl A tale of TV talent shows & first love Mrs Muggins A mum drops hints about her birthday present Night Shift Louise's boss is a tyrant Christmas Lights A story of neighbourliness Collateral Damage A dining room is wrecked Built to Last Yvonne's wedding anniversary trip to Florence isn't what she expected The Verdict Can the jury chairman get a unanimous verdict? Boxes in the Loft Lisa needs extra money. Is her first customer all he seems? Hard Labour Jessie & Steve had difficulty conceiving. Now their son is on his way! Charity Challenge Katie's money-raising charity challenge has an extra twist Growing out of Burgers A school French exchange visit with a difference Fathers' Club A new dad struggles to cope Making News A trainee reporter has a big story to write Salvation by Iain Pattison An angel visits Martha's deathbed Too Fast, Too Soon Maxine wants to take things slowly but Paul's in a rush Rescue A climbing expedition goes wrong The Key of the Door A modern day 'Pride & Prejudice' Anne de Bourgh celebrates her 21st birthday & incurs her mother's wrath Last Bus Home A man in a balaclava watches teenage girls waiting for the last bus home The Worm Test Will Susannah pass the 'stepmother test'? House Guests A student grandson outstays his welcome My Ballet Dancing Rival Emily's teacher becomes her hero