Mukti (magazine)

Mukti
CategoriesFeminism, Women's liberation
FrequencyQuarterly
Founded1983
CompanyMukti Collective
Based inLondon, Birmingham, UK

Mukti magazine, founded in 1983 was a quarterly British Asian magazine written and run primarily in London and Birmingham by a collective of Asian women, the 'Mukti Collective'.[1][2][3] Mukti has been contextualised as being part of a second wave of Black British and South Asian feminist periodicals.[4][5] Although based primarily in London and Birmingham, the magazine had international readership including readers from Amsterdam and India.[6] The title referred to political and spiritual liberation.[7] It was available by subscription, through a distribution agent named "Full Time Distribution" and by direct sales via Mukti's office.[8] They received funding from the Greater London Council and Camden Council.[9][7] The text was published in six different languages - English, Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Punjabi - in order to make it accessible to as many readers as possible both to read and contribute to the magazine.[10][11][7]

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  3. ^ Forster, Laurel; Hollows, Joanne, eds. (2020). Women's periodicals and print culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s: the postwar and contemporary period. The Edinburgh history of women's periodical culture in Britain / series editor: Jackie Jones. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-7000-1.
  4. ^ Thomlinson, Natalie (October 2016). "'Second-Wave' Black Feminist Periodicals in Britain". Women: A Cultural Review. 27 (4): 432–445. doi:10.1080/09574042.2017.1301129. ISSN 0957-4042.
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  6. ^ "Letters". Mukti (6): 2. Spring 1987.
  7. ^ a b c "Mukti". Liberating Histories. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
  8. ^ "Subscribe To Mukti!". Mukti (1): 23. June–August 1983.
  9. ^ "Spare Rib: 50 years since the groundbreaking feminist magazine first hit the streets – its legacy still inspires women". University of Portsmouth. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  10. ^ Abotsi, Emma (17 October 2019). "The past is now: Examples of Britain's anti-immigrant policies from independent Black and Asian community publications".
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