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'Bicycle-face; and 'lawn tennis' girls : debating girls’ health in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British periodicals

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Marland, Hilary (2019) 'Bicycle-face; and 'lawn tennis' girls : debating girls’ health in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British periodicals. Media History, 25 (1). pp. 70-84. doi:10.1080/13688804.2017.1381551 ISSN 1368-8804.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2017.1381551

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Abstract

In the final quarter of the nineteenth century, as periodical literature itself diversified and increased in volume, a growing amount of copy was devoted to the medical issues of the day, including debates about the limits of young women’s energy and the impact of the extension of their activities in education, public life and sport on their health and vitality, and their future role as mothers. The article explores the ways in which doctors in particular utilized these outlets to convey their opinions and concerns, revealing a great diversity of viewpoints as well as the flexible editorial policies of many of these journals. Both male and a growing cohort of female doctors employed the platform of the periodical to popularize and make relevant medical ideas, whilst also building on, highlighting and creating broader cultural and gendered perspectives and emblems of girlhood.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women's periodicals, English -- Health aspects -- 19th century, Motherhood -- Social aspects -- England -- 19th century, Physicians -- Attitudes -- England -- 19th century, Teenage girls -- Physiology -- Social aspects -- England -- 19th century
Journal or Publication Title: Media History
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1368-8804
Official Date: 2 January 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
2 January 2019Published
6 October 2017Available
15 June 2017Accepted
Volume: 25
Number: 1
Number of Pages: 15
Page Range: pp. 70-84
DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2017.1381551
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Description:

special issue ‘Reading the Nineteenth Century Medical Journal’

Date of first compliant deposit: 26 June 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 6 April 2019

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