What is it about?
The format and content of the magazine is discussed in detail, particularly how the feminist editors used the magazine's interactive and visual features to promote feminine-style rhetoric. The female illustrators are documented.
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Why is it important?
The haptic and visual qualities of reading are vital to communication and persuasion as the verbal content.
Perspectives
Chatelaine magazine integrated itself into readers' lives through the interactive and visual aspects. This promoted women's cause on feminist fronts, but at the same time did it on the condition of also developing the readership as consumers in an increasingly capitalist society.
Jaleen Grove
Rhode Island School of Design
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This page is a summary of: A Castle of One’s Own: Interactivity in Chatelaine Magazine, 1928-35, Journal of Canadian Studies, August 2011, University of Toronto Press (UTPress),
DOI: 10.3138/jcs.45.3.167.
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