03781nam 2200721Ia 450 991095848640332120200520144314.09780791489437079148943410.1515/9780791489437(CKB)2670000000233702(EBL)3408071(SSID)ssj0000721807(PQKBManifestationID)12266477(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721807(PQKBWorkID)10693782(PQKB)11158926(MiAaPQ)EBC3408071(Au-PeEL)EBL3408071(CaPaEBR)ebr10587270(OCoLC)811404167(DE-B1597)684238(DE-B1597)9780791489437(Perlego)2672702(EXLCZ)99267000000023370220010815d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpinster tales and womanly possibilities /Naomi Braun Rosenthal1st ed.Albany, State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780791452059 0791452050 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-176) and index."Filmography" : p. 177.""SPINSTER TALES AND WOMANLY POSSIBILITIES""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Persistent Spinster""; ""2. “Bossed by a Womanâ€?""; ""3. An E/Man/Cipated Woman""; ""4. “She Has DeliberatelyShut the Doorof Opportunityâ€?""; ""5. A Debatable Figure""; ""6. “A Lady Scholar?â€?""; ""7. Sex And the Single Girl""; ""8. Hollywood Stars""; ""9. An Ideal Woman""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Filmography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""The spinster, once a ubiquitous figure in American popular culture, has all but vanished from the scene. Intrigued by the fact that her disappearance seems to have gone unnoticed, Naomi Braun Rosenthal traces the spinster's life and demise by using stories from the Ladies' Home Journal (from 1890, 1913, and 1933), along with Hollywood films from the 1940s and 1950s, such as It's a Wonderful Life; Now, Voyager; and Summertime, among others. Originally invoked as a symbol of female independence a hundred years ago, when marriage and career were considered to be incompatible choices for women, spinsterhood was advocated as an alternate path by some and viewed as a threat to family life by others. Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence—the options open to women have dramatically changed—but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family."American fictionHistory and criticismWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistoryFeminist fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismSingle women in literatureWomen in motion picturesSingle womenFictionAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistory.Feminist fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Single women in literature.Women in motion pictures.Single women813.009/920652Rosenthal Naomi Braun1940-1812823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958486403321Spinster tales and womanly possibilities4365433UNINA