The Gentlewoman: Audience and Industries blog tasks
1) Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to our Media Magazine archive and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines? Its minimalist covers are so completely different that it’s actually shocking. The only text is the title, subtitle and name of the person in the photograph, unconventional 2) What representations are offered in the Gentlewoman? This includes playing with ideas of gender performativity and stereotypes, such as the fashion feature 3) List the key statistics in the article on the average reader of the magazine. 61 percent of its readers are aged 28-46. I may not have the income of the gentlewoman’s average reader (a whopping £87k!) 4) What is The Gentlewoman Club? an ‘international society’ of ‘sophisticated women and men who demand quality and...