Re-reading Spare Rib [Hardcover]

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.

1. Introduction. - 2. What did it mean?: A Generational Conversation Edmonds and White.- 3. Feminist Perspectives: North East and National, Scanlon.-  4. Reflections on reading Spare Rib: personal and political, Quaid.- 5. From Spare Rib to spare part: from over to covert sexism in education, Cooper.- 6. Workplace: womens place Bryans, Fraser and Armstrong.- 7. Styling Feminism: the view from Spare Rib

Smith.- 8. Defending ourselves: British female martial arts students in the 1970s.

Fotiadou.- 9. The frontiers of sisterhood: representations of black feminism in Spare Rib (1972-1979), Chambers and Worrell. - 10.  An exploration of Spare Ribs treatment of violence between women in same sex relationships, Donovan.- 11. A new kind of trade: advertising feminism in Spare Rib, Bazin.- 12. On the Road: Spare Rib, Liberation and Womens Writing, Kerr-Koch.-