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From Ladies Home Journal and Cosmo to Ms. Magazine and Riot Grrrl zines, women’s magazines have reflected and shaped the lives of women across the world. Students will explore how historians have studied female periodical literature both as subject and sources. The course will introduce students to secondary literature that explores the historical development and social and cultural impacts of women’s magazines in global context. Students will also be introduced to how historians of media, domesticity, consumerism, feminism, and sexuality have used women’s magazines as primary sources. Historiographical readings will be paired with primary sources allowing students to gain hand-on experience in researching and analyzing primary sources in women’s history.

Assessment: 100% coursework.