| Young, White, and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the Fifties Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Breines, Wini (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226072614 ISBN-13: 9780226072616 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| LCCN: 00046712 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Young, White, and Miserable" is a critically acclaimed study that compellingly shows how the feminist movement of the 1960s found momentum in the seemingly peaceable time of the 1950s. Wini Breines explores white middle class America and argues that mixed messages given to girls during this decade lent fuel to the fire that would later become known as feminism. Concluding with a look at the life and suicide of social scientist Anne Parsons, this book is a poignant and important look into conditions that led to the women's movement. |