![]() | Ladies'' Pages: African American Women''s Magazines and the Culture That Made Them Subjects: African American periodicals -- History -- 20th century; Women’s periodicals American -- History -- 20th century; African American periodicals -- History -- 19th century; Women’s periodicals American -- History -- 19th century; Beginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. 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. Noliwe M. Rooks is the associate director of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of Hair Raising: Beauty, Culture, and African American Women. She was the associate editor for African American Artists in Paris, 1920-1975. |
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