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The portrayal and absence of Asian women in British Women's magazines.  

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The portrayal and absence of Asian women in British Women's magazines Essay Question number 2 Lecturer: Philipa Jones Student Name: Deena Miah Course: BA Hons Media Production Management Submission Date: 07/06/04 When I was a teenager my friends were obsessed with the 'girly' magazines such as J17 and More. However it was the age of twenty when it struck me that the reason these magazines' did not appeal to me was because I could not relate to anything in them, for example the make-up tips were only targeted at the female white woman. There has been an ongoing debate about the absence of ethnic minority women in the media such as magazines however strong action has not been taken because although today you will find a black woman in a cosmopolitan magazine (not as often as white women) Yet the industry fails dismally to attract and provide for Asian women. Instead, to convince people that a...

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