EMMA (magazine)

EMMA

September 1998 cover. Romy Schneider, Alice Schwarzer
Editor-in-Chief Alice Schwarzer
Categories Women's magazine
Frequency Six times per year
First issue 26 January 1977 (1977-01-26)
Country Germany
Based in Cologne
Language Germany

EMMA is a German feminist magazine. Its print edition is published every two months in Cologne, Germany.

History and profile

The first issue of EMMA was published on 26 January 1977.[1][2] Founder of the magazine was Alice Schwarzer[1] who is still publisher and editor-in-chief. The magazine was modelled on the American magazine Ms in terms of content, targeted audience and layout.[3] It has its headquarters in Cologne.[4] In December 2002, the EMMA website was launched.

The name of the magazine EMMA is a wordplay of the term emancipation.[2] Since its foundation, EMMA is the leading feminist magazine in Germany, and the only political magazine in Europe entirely run by women.[4]

The magazine has often been criticised for its opinionated and activist stance. Yet EMMA has had an impact on German society, creating awareness for and instigating debates on social and women's issues.[5]

Until 2010 the magazine was published every two months.[2] It began to come out quarterly in 2010, but in 2013 it again began to be published every two months.[2]

The estimated circulation of the magazine was 60,000 copies in 2012.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Catherine C. Fraser; Dierk O. Hoffmann (1 January 2006). Pop Culture Germany!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-85109-733-3. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kristina Wydra. "For women, by women – Alice Schwarzer and the feminist magazine EMMA". Alumni Portal. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Patricia Melzer (2009). "‘Death in the Shape of a Young Girl’: Feminist Responses to Media Representations of Women Terrorists during the 'German Autumn' of 1977". International Feminist Journal of Politics 11 (1): 35–62. doi:10.1080/14616740802567782.
  4. 1 2 Hanifa Deen (1 January 2006). The Crescent and the Pen: The Strange Journey of Taslima Nasreen. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-275-99167-8. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Happy Birthday, Emma: German Feminist Magazine Turns 30", Deutsche Welle, 25 January 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

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