ABSTRACT In the 1950s, the Australian Women’s Weekly represented the popular face of femininity, publishing features on the home, motherhood and romance. Among articles about raising children and cooking a family dinner, however, were regular discussions of Cold War politics. How, then, did a strong political awareness of global events fit in with 1950s ideals of femininity, when politics was still very much the domain of men? This article puts forward a framework of “feminised politics” to discuss the ways in which the Weekly adapted, generated and fused contemporary ideas about womanhood with discourse on global events to encourage women’s increasing participation in the politics of the Cold War. As Australian society grappled with the myriad changes brought about by the end of World War II and new power struggles between East and West, the government and media often presented conservatism as the antidote to the fear generated by these widespread changes. Therefore, this article suggests that the magazine’s framing was necessary to alleviate anxieties surrounding women’s changing place in the postwar world. Understanding the Weekly’s feminised politics reinforces recent scholarship on the complexities of womanhood in the 1950s and illustrates the diverse formulation and expression of femininity in the 20th century.

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“女性天生就是外交官”：《澳大利亚妇女周刊》中的女性、政治和冷战，1950-1959

摘要 在 1950 年代，《澳大利亚妇女周刊》代表了女性气质的流行面孔，出版了有关家庭、母性和浪漫的专题报道。然而，在关于养育孩子和做家庭晚餐的文章中，经常讨论冷战政治。那么，当政治仍然是男性的主要领域时，对全球事件的强烈政治意识如何与 1950 年代的女性气质理想相契合？本文提出了一个“女性化政治”的框架，以讨论《周刊》如何适应、产生和融合当代女性观念与全球事件的话语，以鼓励女性越来越多地参与冷战政治。当澳大利亚社会努力应对二战结束和东西方新的权力斗争带来的无数变化时，政府和媒体经常将保守主义作为对这些广泛变化所产生的恐惧的解毒剂。因此，本文认为杂志的框架对于减轻围绕战后世界女性地位变化的焦虑是必要的。了解《周刊》的女性化政治加强了最近关于 1950 年代女性复杂性的学术研究，并说明了 20 世纪女性气质的多样化表述和表达。