Feminist lives : women, feelings, and the self in post-war Britain
Abrams, Lynn.
Feminist lives : women, feelings, and the self in post-war Britain Lynn Abrams - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (272 pages)
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Cover -- Feminist Lives: Women, Feelings, and the Self in Post-War Britain -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1: Revolution of the Self -- Introduction -- The Post-War Landscape -- Feminist Encounters -- Spaces for the Self -- Feminism and Subjectivity -- The Emotional Self -- The Expressive Self -- Feminist Lives -- 2: Mothers and Daughters -- Introduction -- Mothers: Self-sacrificeto Self-realization -- Finding the Real Me -- Aspirations and Expectations -- What Daughters Thought -- Conclusions -- 3: Fashioning the Self -- Introduction -- Dedicated Followers of Fashion -- Home-made -- Ticket to Ride -- Conclusions -- 4: Intimate Selves -- Introduction -- Histories of Intimacy and Liberation -- Imagining Intimate Futures -- Spaces, Experimentation, and Constraint -- Choice and Autonomy -- Conclusions -- 5: Settling Down -- Introduction -- Expectations of Marriage -- Togetherness -- Together but Unequal -- Reclaiming the Self -- Conclusions -- 6: The Expressive Self -- Introduction -- Cynthia's Story -- Unhappy Housewives -- Talking about Feelings -- Researching Women's Feelings -- Spaces for Screaming -- Self-Helpor Just Help? -- Conclusions -- 7: Liberating the Domestic Self -- Introduction -- Stay-at-Home Mothers -- Stepping Stones -- Catalyst for Change -- Challenges of 'Do-It-Yourself' -- Back to Work -- Conclusions -- 8: Caring for the Self -- The Feminist Spectrum -- Self-Care -- Feminist Voices -- Becoming Visible -- Coda -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- BBC Written Archives Centre -- British Library -- Glasgow Women's Library -- Medical Research Council, University College London -- National Library of Scotland -- Norfolk Record Office -- UK Data Archive, University of Essex -- Institute of Education Archive, University College London. University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections -- Wellcome Collection -- Women's Library, London School of Economics, -- Secondary Sources -- Unpublished -- Index.
The story of women growing up in post-war Britain, rejecting the self-sacrifice of their mothers' generation and embracing new ways of living, feeling, and being in the decades before Women's Liberation. They were feminists before feminism, which we see through their descriptions of themselves, their relationships, their feelings, and actions.
9780192651112
Geschlechterrolle
Feminismus
Soziale Situation
Großbritannien
Fernzugriff
Feminist lives : women, feelings, and the self in post-war Britain Lynn Abrams - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024. ©2024. - 1 online resource (272 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Feminist Lives: Women, Feelings, and the Self in Post-War Britain -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1: Revolution of the Self -- Introduction -- The Post-War Landscape -- Feminist Encounters -- Spaces for the Self -- Feminism and Subjectivity -- The Emotional Self -- The Expressive Self -- Feminist Lives -- 2: Mothers and Daughters -- Introduction -- Mothers: Self-sacrificeto Self-realization -- Finding the Real Me -- Aspirations and Expectations -- What Daughters Thought -- Conclusions -- 3: Fashioning the Self -- Introduction -- Dedicated Followers of Fashion -- Home-made -- Ticket to Ride -- Conclusions -- 4: Intimate Selves -- Introduction -- Histories of Intimacy and Liberation -- Imagining Intimate Futures -- Spaces, Experimentation, and Constraint -- Choice and Autonomy -- Conclusions -- 5: Settling Down -- Introduction -- Expectations of Marriage -- Togetherness -- Together but Unequal -- Reclaiming the Self -- Conclusions -- 6: The Expressive Self -- Introduction -- Cynthia's Story -- Unhappy Housewives -- Talking about Feelings -- Researching Women's Feelings -- Spaces for Screaming -- Self-Helpor Just Help? -- Conclusions -- 7: Liberating the Domestic Self -- Introduction -- Stay-at-Home Mothers -- Stepping Stones -- Catalyst for Change -- Challenges of 'Do-It-Yourself' -- Back to Work -- Conclusions -- 8: Caring for the Self -- The Feminist Spectrum -- Self-Care -- Feminist Voices -- Becoming Visible -- Coda -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- BBC Written Archives Centre -- British Library -- Glasgow Women's Library -- Medical Research Council, University College London -- National Library of Scotland -- Norfolk Record Office -- UK Data Archive, University of Essex -- Institute of Education Archive, University College London. University of Glasgow Archives and Special Collections -- Wellcome Collection -- Women's Library, London School of Economics, -- Secondary Sources -- Unpublished -- Index.
The story of women growing up in post-war Britain, rejecting the self-sacrifice of their mothers' generation and embracing new ways of living, feeling, and being in the decades before Women's Liberation. They were feminists before feminism, which we see through their descriptions of themselves, their relationships, their feelings, and actions.
9780192651112
Geschlechterrolle
Feminismus
Soziale Situation
Großbritannien
Fernzugriff