Everybody else : adoption and the politics of domestic diversity in postwar America /

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In the popular imagination, the twenty years after World War II are associated with simpler, happier, more family-focused living. We think of stereotypical baby boom families like the Cleavers-white, suburban, and well on their way to middle-class affluence. For these couples and their children, a h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Potter, Sarah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Adoption > United States > 20th century.
Adoptive parents > United States > 20th century.
Families > United States > 20th century.
Adoption > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
Familles > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Adoption
Adoptive parents
Families
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The difference of adoption : domestic diversity and adoption practice in the postwar period
  • Embracing domesticity : the great depression, the great migration, and World War II
  • Defining domesticity : family ideals in everyday life
  • Providing anxiety and optimism : domestic masculinity
  • Nurturing frustration and entitlement : domestic femininity
  • Constructing domesticity : family ideals and residential space in postwar chicago
  • To take some responsibility for community problems : domesticity and good
  • Citizenship
  • Conclusion : the postwar family and American politics.

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