Grace and The Townships Housewife, two black women's magazines published in South Africa between 1964 and 1969, have slipped into obscurity. In what follows, I reassess their role in the history of the black popular press in South Africa. Grace and The Townships Housewife appear to be the...
In 1998 Hoda Hadadi started writing and publishing her illustrations for magazines. Her first book as an illustrator was published in 1999 and her first book as a writer (My cloudy day -Shab Aviz) was published in 2000. Since then, she has illustrated more than fifty books published in Ira...
In an analysis of the rise of raunch and lad culture in the context of two magazines, the American Playboy and the South African FHM, she compares the use of pornographic representation and convention by the magazines and their use of what are often racist and sexist ideologies to reach ...
The 35-year-old has made lots of appearances on the front covers of magazines, including Ocala, Vanidades, and Veintitantos. Danna García (Actress, Model) Born on the 4th of February, 1978, Danna is a model and accomplished actress. She has been present in the acting industry since ...
The chapter examines how the issue of inheritance and the extent to which the allocation of that inheritance affects women, families, and communities, both rural and urban. It discusses how this is represented by a radio studio in Mali on one hand, and b
a multinational brand management company, at the tender age of six. Over the years, this enterprise has produced a plethora of successful films, TV shows, magazines, video games, and other merchandise, all bearing the Olsen twins' brand. However, Ashley Olsen's influence extends beyond the rea...
This article discusses the ways in which racialised femininities are differently presented as hyper(hetero)sexual in three South African magazines targeting female readers – Femina, Fair Lady and True Love – between 2003 and 2006. I argue that the bodily work women are expected to perform is...
In history of publishing: Women’s magazines in the United States The bond with advertising is probably most evident in magazines for women, since they are the greatest buyers of consumer goods. In the United States, up to the mid-1930s, such magazines were largely “trade-papers for home-...
Although magazines such as British Vogue, now under the direction of Edward Enninful, have started to feature more Black women on their pages and covers, in 2017 there were months when none of Britain’s best-selling magazine covers featured a Black person (Hirsch2018). The limited depiction ...
The knock at the door was a woman looking to sell us some magazines, because she was a single Mother of 4, trying to make a fresh start after, to her own admission, she had made some mistakes. My husband had stood outside in the drizzle for 30 minutes listening to her tale, and ...