Het Rijk der Vrouw explained
Het Rijk der Vrouw (Dutch; Flemish: Woman's Realm) was a Belgian women's magazine published in Brussels between 1925 and 1990.
History and profile
The magazine was established in 1924,[1] and its first issue appeared in 1925.[2] [3] Its original title was Het Modeblad.[3] It was published by n.v. Het Rijk der Vrouw which was part of a company owned by Jan Meuwissen.[3] The focus of the magazine was on fashion for women and girls.[3] The magazine was renamed as Het Rijk der Vrouw in 1931 after it was redesigned.[3]
Femmes d'Aujourd'hui was its sister publication, and both magazines were acquired by the publishing company J. Hoste in 1975.[3] Later, Het Rijk der Vrouw became part of Almaspar.[4] Mediaxis bought the magazine in 1990.[3]
It was a conservative magazine emphasizing family values and connoisseurship.[2] [5] Its target audience was young women as well as experienced housewives.[6] The magazine covered articles on fashion, home decoration and marriage.[6] It also featured photonovels from the issue 617 dated 27 February 1957.[3]
In 1990 Het Rijk der Vrouw went bankrupt and then, merged with Libelle, another Belgian women's magazine.[7] [8]
See also
Notes and References
- Archive. Het rijk der vrouw. Libelle. nl. dead. 15 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130515075727/http://www.libellebestellen.nl/Het-rijk-der-vrouw-%7C-jaren-1924-1949.
- Martina Temmerman. Maaike Van de Voorde. Absent husbands and whispering voices: a critical analysis of the representation of men in two popular Flemish women's magazines. Journal of Gender Studies. 2015. 24. 1. 3–17. 10.1080/09589236.2013.790799. 144333778.
- Book: Clarissa Colangelo. The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985: An Introduction. 2023. Leuven University Press. Leuven. 978-94-6166-511-9. 70–72,79. j.ctv34wmmc0 .
- Book: Pierre Musso. Philippe Souêtre. Lionel Levasseur. The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe. 1995. Council of Europe. 978-92-871-2807-2. 127. The Netherlands.
- Mieke Ceulemans. Guido Fauconnier. Mass Media: The Image, Role, and Social Conditions of Women. 2015. 4. 2. International Women Online Journal of Distance Education.
- Book: Maaike Van de Voorde. Martina Temmerman. Rosario Lacalle Zalduendo. II International Conference Gender and Communication. 2014. 37. Editorial Dykinson, S.L.. 978-84-9085-029-9. Feminism and Women's Magazines. https://books.google.com/books?id=qRHdBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37.
- Maaike Van de Voorde. 'Super creams for young eyes': Women's magazines' hybrid approach to journalism. December 2014. 222–242. Hybridity and the News Hybrid Forms of Journalism in the 21st Century.
- Katia Segers. Joke Bauwens. Nele Van Den Cruyce. Reflections of a Child. Depicting Healthy Childhood in the 1940s and 1960s. Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 2009. 87. 3–4. 759–774. 10.3406/rbph.2009.7703.
