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Sentenced To Everday Life

Paperback • 2005 • English

Sentenced To Everday Life

By Lesley Johnson

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About the book

The history of the housewife is a complicated and uneasy narrative, rife with contradictions, tensions, and unanswered questions. What is the relationship between women and the home? And why are women reluctant to call themselves housewives? Starting with an exploration of why 1940s housewives became associated with drudgery, this book examines how magazines and advertising articulated connected women with the domestic sphere, while 1950s films explored the shifting boundaries between social, fa...Show more

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ISBN

9781845200329

Publisher

Berg Publishers

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Sentenced To Everday Life

Format

Paperback

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