The parlour and the suburb domestic identities, class, femininity and modernity

• Main Author: Giles, Judy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Berg 2003
• Subjects: Suburbs; Sex role; Women > Social conditions > 20th century; Housewives
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Classic accounts of modernity have generally ignored or marginalized women, relegating them to the private sphere of home, sexuality and personal relationships. This book discusses the highly gendered nature of the concept of modernity which has, to date, marginalized the domestic space and women�...

Table of Contents:

• 'Something that little bit better' : suburban modernity, prudential marriage, and self-improvement
• Help for housewives : domestic service
• Getting and spending, identity and consumption
• Legacies : the question of 'home' and women's modernity.