Wife, Inc. : : The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century / / Suzanne Leonard.

A fascinating look at the changing role of wives in modern America After a half century of battling for gender equality, women have been freed from the necessity of securing a husband for economic stability, sexual fulfillment, or procreation. Marriage is a choice, and increasingly women (and men) a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Critical Cultural Communication ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 22 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Enterprising Wives
  • 2. Almost Wives
  • 3. Return of the Housewife
  • 4. From Basketball Wives to Extreme Cougar Wives
  • 5. Good Wives
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author