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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454590303321

Autore

Matthews Glenna

Titolo

"Just a housewife" [[electronic resource] ] : the rise and fall of domesticity in America / / Glenna Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987

ISBN

0-19-972890-9

1-280-52407-3

9786610524075

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

305.420973

Soggetti

Women - United States - Social conditions

Housewives - United States - History - 19th century

Housewives - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 227-262 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE: The Emergence of a New Ideology""; ""TWO: The Golden Age of Domesticity""; ""THREE: Domestic Feminism and the World Outside the Home""; ""FOUR: Toward an Industrialized Home""; ""FIVE: Darwinism and Domesticity: The Impact of Evolutionary Theory on the Status of the Home""; ""SIX: The Housewife and the Home Economist""; ""SEVEN: Domesticity and the Culture of Consumption""; ""EIGHT: Naming the Problem""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""

""O""""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Sommario/riassunto

Housewives constitute a large section of the population, yet they have received very little attention, let alone respect. Glenna Matthews, who herself spent many years as ""just a housewife"" before becoming a scholar of American history, sets out to redress this imbalance.     While the male world of work has always received the most respect, Matthews maintains that widespread reverence for the home prevailed in the nineteenth century. The early stages of industrialization made possible a strong tradition of cooking, baking, and sewing that gave women



greatsatisfaction and a place in the worl