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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
ISBN-100813117046
ISBN-139780813117041
eBay Product ID (ePID)259058
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameBicycles, Bangs, and Bloomers : the New Woman in the Popular Press
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, Journalism, Women's Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
AuthorPatricia Marks
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN89-025110
Reviews"Provides an exemplum of the ways in which popular culture interacts with social issues.-- Studies in Popular Culture" -- Studies in Popular Culture, "Helped by her astute commentary, historical analysts of gender will borrow much for their own purposes.-- American Literature" -- American Literature, "Marks traces the evolution of the 'New Woman'... These new directions, mirrored in the press with immoderate humor, as evidenced in this collection of prose, verse and cartoons, constitute a significant contribution to the study of feminism and Victorianism." -- Publishers Weekly, "A helpful, entertaining compendium.-- Victorian Periodicals Review" -- Victorian Periodicals Review, "A significant contribution to the study of feminism and Victorianism.-- Publishers Weekly" -- Publishers Weekly, "An entertaining glimpse of the power the popular media had at the time in promoting-or stifling-the advancement of women." -- Daily Yomiuri, "Provides an exemplum of the ways in which popular culture interacts with social issues." -- Studies in Popular Culture, "Helped by her astute commentary, historical analysts of gender will borrow much for their own purposes." -- American Literature, An entertaining glimpse of the power the popular media had at the time in promoting-or stifling-the advancement of women., Marks traces the evolution of the 'New Woman'... These new directions, mirrored in the press with immoderate humor, as evidenced in this collection of prose, verse and cartoons, constitute a significant contribution to the study of feminism and Victorianism., Helped by her astute commentary, historical analysts of gender will borrow much for their own purposes.
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal071/.3/082
SynopsisThe so-called "New Woman"--that determined and free-wheeling figure in "rational" dress, demanding education, suffrage, and a career-was a frequent target for humorists in the popular press of the late nineteenth century. She invariably stood in contrast to the "womanly woman," a traditional figure bound to domestic concerns and a stereotype away from which many women were inexorably moving. Patricia Marks's book, based on a survey of satires and caricatures drawn from British and American periodicals of the 1880s and 1890s, places the popular view of the New Woman in the context of the age and explores the ways in which humor both reflected and shaped readers' perceptions of women's changing roles. Not all commentators of the period attacked the New Woman; even conservative satirists were more concerned with poverty, prostitution, and inadequate education than with defending so-called "femininity." Yet, as the influx of women into the economic mainstream changed social patterns, the popular press responded with humor ranging from the witty to the vituperative. Many of Marks's sources have never been reprinted and exist only in unindexed periodicals. Her book thus provides a valuable resource for those studying the rise of feminism and the influence of popular culture, as well as literary historians and critics seeking to place more formal genres within a cultural framework. Historians, sociologists, and others with an interest in Victorianism will find in it much to savor., The so-called "New Woman" -- that determined and free-wheeling figure in "rational" dress, demanding education, suffrage, and a career-was a frequent target for humorists in the popular press of the late nineteenth century. She invariably stood in contrast to the "womanly woman," a traditional figure bound to domestic concerns and a stereotype away from which many women were inexorably moving. Patricia Marks's book, based on a survey of satires and caricatures drawn from British and American periodicals of the 1880s and 1890s, places the popular view of the New Woman in the context of the age and explores the ways in which humor both reflected and shaped readers' perceptions of women's changing roles. Not all commentators of the period attacked the New Woman; even conservative satirists were more concerned with poverty, prostitution, and inadequate education than with defending so-called "femininity." Yet, as the influx of women into the economic mainstream changed social patterns, the popular press responded with humor ranging from the witty to the vituperative. Many of Marks's sources have never been reprinted and exist only in unindexed periodicals. Her book thus provides a valuable resource for those studying the rise of feminism and the influence of popular culture, as well as literary historians and critics seeking to place more formal genres within a cultural framework. Historians, sociologists, and others with an interest in Victorianism will find in it much to savor.
LC Classification NumberPN4888.W65M37 1990
