Mora (Buenos Aires)
On-line version ISSN 1853-001X
PARADA, Alejandro E.. Las mujeres y sus representaciones de la lectura y la escritura en la revista Fray Mocho (1912-1918). Mora (B. Aires) [online]. 2011, vol.17, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1853-001X.
The present work analyses women's universe and the representations of women's reading and writing in Fray Mocho, a prototypical magazine of early twentieth century in Argentina. Among other topics, types of women's readings, advertising discourse, men's attitudes towards women's participation in the print culture of the time, textual horizon in the social and domestic spheres are presented in the article. Finally, the growing appearance and development of a variety of women's uses and practices to gain access to the print world is discussed.
Keywords : Reading practices and representations; Women; Cultural History; History of reading in Argentina; Fray Mocho.