Women, love, and learning : : the double bind / / Alison Mackinnon.
This book tells the story of a generation of American and Australian women who embodied – and challenged – the prescriptions of their times. In the 1950s and early 60s they went to colleges and universities, trained for professions and developed a life of the mind. They were also urged to embrace th...
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements 9; Introduction 13; 1 Who was she? Surveying the educated woman: posture photos, beauty queens, dormitory rules and achievement motivation 29; 2 Conservative times: Cold War, hot sex and the consumer revolution 65; 3 The experience: peer culture or academics? 105; 4 Life after college: a problematic realm 143; 5 From Mademoiselle to Ms magazine: mainstreamers, continuity and premature liberationists 181; Conclusion: It's deja vu all over again? 213; A note on sources and method 229; Bibliography 235; Index 251