Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics
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2026, 10(2), Article No: 24

Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain

Published in Volume 10 Issue 2: 26 Aug 2026
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APA 7th edition
In-text citation: (Banister, 2026)
Reference: Banister, A. (2026). Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 10(2), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
AMA 10th edition
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Banister A. Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. 2026;10(2), 24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
Chicago
In-text citation: (Banister, 2026)
Reference: Banister, Alex. "Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain". Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics 2026 10 no. 2 (2026): 24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
Harvard
In-text citation: (Banister, 2026)
Reference: Banister, A. (2026). Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 10(2), 24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
MLA
In-text citation: (Banister, 2026)
Reference: Banister, Alex "Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain". Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, vol. 10, no. 2, 2026, 24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
Vancouver
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Banister A. Column inches: Women taking space in homemaking magazines in interwar Britain. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. 2026;10(2):24. https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/19072
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