'It's Capitalism, not me sweetheart': Women's Activist Magazines on the Left

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Abstract

This chapter examines three women's liberation magazines: Shrew, Red Rag and Scarlet Women. It draws on archival material to argue that these magazines are 'ensemble performances' capable of telling us something about how activist identities are formed and how they affect social change.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWomen's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000
Subtitle of host publicationThe Postwar and Contemporary Period
EditorsLaurel Forster, Joanne Hollows
Place of PublicationEdinburgh
PublisherEdinburgh University Press
Chapter14
Pages245-260
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781474470001, 9781474469999
ISBN (Print)9781474469982
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020

Publication series

NameThe Edinburgh History of Women's Periodical Culture in Britain
PublisherEdinburgh University Press

Keywords

  • feminist periodicals

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