Funü shibao
| Editor-in-chief | Bao Tianxiao |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Di Baoxian |
| Year founded | 1911 |
| First issue | 6 November 1911 |
| Final issue | 1917 |
| Company | You Zheng |
| Country | China |
| Based in | Shangai |
| Language | Chinese |
Funü shibao (Chinese: 婦女時報; meaning Women's News in English) was a Chinese monthly women's magazine that was published from 1911 to 1917 in China. It was the earliest commercial women's magazine in the country.[1]
History and profile
Funü shibao was established by Di Baoxian in 1911.[2][3] The first issue appeared on 6 November 1911.[2] The magazine was published by Funü Shibao Division at You Zheng publishing company on a monthly basis.[2] Bao Tianxiao served as the editor-in-chief of the monthly,[2][3] which had its headquarters in Shangai.[4][5]
Funü shibao covered articles about female liberation as well as fashion and hairstyles for women.[6] The magazine featured articles written by women.[1] It also contained work translated from Japanese.[7] The number of female readers increased over time.[3]
The magazine ceased publication in 1917.[1][8]
References
- 1 2 3 Doris Sung; Liying Sun; Matthias Arnold (Fall 2014). "The Birth of a Database of Historical Periodicals". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 33 (2). Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Funü shibao". University of Heidelberg. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 Christian Henriot; Wen-hsin Yeh (9 November 2012). Visualising China, 1845-1965: Moving and Still Images in Historical Narratives. BRILL. p. 135. ISBN 90-04-22820-9. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Jin Feng (2004). The New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction. Purdue University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-55753-330-2. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Charlotte Lucia Cowden (Spring 2011). "Balancing Rites and Rights: The Social and Cultural Politics of New-Style Weddings in Republican Shanghai, 1898-1953" (PhD Thesis). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Laikwan Pang (2007). The Distorting Mirror: Visual Modernity in China. University of Hawaii Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8248-3093-9. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ Joan Judge (21 July 2015). Republican Lens: Gender, Visuality, and Experience in the Early Chinese Periodical Press. University of California Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-520-95993-4. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Gender and Cultural Production, 1904-1937". Heidelberg University. Retrieved 8 July 2016.