Sentenced to Everyday Life by Lesley Johnson
Challenging our understandings of what constitutes the housewife figure, this book addresses the question of why the housewife has been such a problematic figure in feminist debates since World War II.
'Why are 'housewife' and 'feminist' seen to be mutually exclusive terms? Why has feminism so often assumed that women can only become modern by leaving home? In their illuminating work of cultural history, Johnson and Lloyd challenge such beliefs by redescribing the housewife as a distinctively modern and politically complex form of identityA timely, invigorating, and much needed reassessment of feminist ideas.' Rita Felski, University of Virginia 'Combines an impressively broad range of materials from popular culture and wider public debate to challenge some of the key feminist wisdoms about the significance of the figure of the 1940s and 1950s housewife. This exemplary study offers a taste of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship at its best.' Jackie Stacey, Lancaster University 'Why do stories about happy homemakers provoke such conflicting emotions among contemporary women? Sentenced to Everyday Life helps us understand the issues at stake. It is a timely analysis and
Dr. Lesley Johnson is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Dr. Justine Lloyd is an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845200329 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845200322 |
| Title | Sentenced to Everyday Life |
| Author | Lesley Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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