Re-reading Spare Rib

Description

Spare Rib remains one of the most iconic symbols of Second Wave Feminism, its influence far out-living the span of its publication (1972-1993). This collection examines various aspects of the magazine - based on the digitised publication by the British Library in 2015 – in order to explore the ways in which it has influenced society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as well as the lives of individual readers. By analysing several articles from a modern, post-feminist perspective, and using cross-generational interviews of Spare Rib readers and reflective accounts of reading the publication, the significance and endurance of the publication is demonstrated. Written by both academics, experienced researchers and independent scholars alike, the inter-disciplinary nature of the text results in a multi-dimensional reading of Spare Rib suitable for both an academic and general readership interested in cultural and media studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Angela Smith, Sheila Quaid)....Pages 1-19 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 ‘What Did It Mean?’ A Generational Conversation (Lynn Edmonds, Rosie White)....Pages 23-40 Feminist Perspectives: North East and National (Julie Scanlon)....Pages 41-58 Reflections on Reading Spare Rib: Personal and Political (Sheila Quaid)....Pages 59-76 From Spare Rib to Spare Part: From Overt to Covert Sexism in Education (Bridget Cooper)....Pages 77-96 Front Matter ....Pages 97-98 Workplace: Women’s Place? (Patricia Bryans, Helen Fraser, Paul-Alan Armstrong)....Pages 99-118 Styling Feminism: The View from Spare Rib (Angela Smith)....Pages 119-136 ‘Defending Ourselves’: British Female Martial Arts Students in the 1970s and Their Refusal to Be Victims (Maria Fotiadou)....Pages 137-157 The Frontiers of Sisterhood: Representations of Black Feminism in Spare Rib (1972–1979) (Donna Chambers, Rob Worrall)....Pages 159-178 An Exploration of Spare Rib’s Treatment of Violence Between Women in Same-Sex Relationships (Catherine Donovan)....Pages 179-196 ‘A New Kind of Trade’: Advertising Feminism in Spare Rib (Victoria Bazin)....Pages 197-212 On the Road: Spare Rib, Liberation and Women’s Writing (Kathleen Kerr-Koch)....Pages 213-230 Back Matter ....Pages 231-238