Ladies' Pages

Ladies' Pages
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 0813534259
ISBN-13 : 9780813534251
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Book Synopsis Ladies' Pages by : Noliwe M. Rooks

Download or read book Ladies' Pages written by Noliwe M. Rooks and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noliwe M. Rooks's Ladies' Pages sheds light on the most influential African American women's magazines--Ringwood's Afro-American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, Tan Confessions, Essence, and O, the Oprah Magazine--and their little-known success in shaping the lives of black women. Ladies' Pages demonstrates how these rare and thought-provoking publications contributed to the development of African American culture and the ways in which they in turn reflect important historical changes in black communities.


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