Buckley Cheryl
University of Northumbria.
Gend Hist. 2002;14(3):516-36. doi: 10.1111/1468-0424.00280.
Popular representations of the fashionably dressed female body between 1914 and 1918 were highly contradictory and, as this essay will show, were sharply delineated in Home Chat, one of a growing number of relatively new women's magazines which addressed the needs of an expanding skilled working-class and lower-middle-class female readership. Aiming to provide women with practical advice about all aspects of their daily lives, from the traditional concerns of fashion and beauty, marriage and children, to the more contentious issue of women's aspirations beyond the home, Home Chat was uniquely placed to reflect shifting gender and class relations.
1914年至1918年间，时尚女性形象的大众呈现极具矛盾性，正如本文将表明的那样，在《家庭闲谈》中有清晰的描绘。《家庭闲谈》是越来越多相对较新的女性杂志之一，满足了不断扩大的熟练工人阶级和中下层阶级女性读者的需求。该杂志旨在为女性提供日常生活各方面的实用建议，内容涵盖从时尚与美容、婚姻与子女等传统话题，到女性家庭之外的抱负这一更具争议性的问题。《家庭闲谈》处于独特地位，能够反映不断变化的性别和阶级关系。
