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Women's voices in Ireland : women's magazines in the 1950s and 60s /
"Women's Voices in Ireland examines the letters and problems sent in by women to two Irish women's magazines in the 1950s and 60s, discussing them within their wider social and historical context. In doing so, it provides a unique insight into one of the few forums for female expressi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page; Copyright Page; Contents ; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Explanation of Titles and Glossary of Terms ; Introduction: ' Advice, Patterns, etc. ' : Women, Magazines and Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s ; Magazines, memory and meaning ; Women and social change in Ireland in the 1950s and 60s ; Structure of the book ; Chapter 1 Talking Things Over: Real Women in the Diary Pages of Woman ' s Life 1951-59 ; Readers of Woman ' s Life.
- Gossip with Finola/Talking Things Over with Maxwell Sweeney Other articles in the magazine ; Conclusion ; Chapter 2 ' Wasting Time Feeling Sorry For Yourself ' : Woman ' s Life Problem Page, 1951-59 ; Introduction ; Courtship ; Parent-child/adult-child ; Work and education/training ; Marital conflict ; Miscellaneous problems ; Conclusion ; Chapter 3 ' No Regrets For The Days That Are Gone ' : Woman ' s Way Letters 1963-69, 1: Young People and Miscellaneous ; Readership and distribution.
- Marriage and husband
- wife relationships Conclusion ; Chapter 5 ' He Didn ' t Seem At All Pleased As I Was Leaving The Car ' : Woman ' s Way Problems 1: Sex Education and Birth Control ; Introduction ; Sex, pregnancy and birth control ; Birth control ; Conclusion ; Chapter 6 ' And Then They Wonder Why Their Wives Are Cold ' : Woman ' s Way Problems 2: Courtship and Marriage ; Courtship ; Husband
- wife relationships ; Conclusion: A comparison with a British magazine.
- Chapter 7 ' Everything I Do Is Criticised ' : Woman ' s Way Problems 3: Extended Family/Parent-Child and Miscellaneous Parents and teenagers ; Parents and adult daughters ; Parents and small children ; Adopted children ; The extended family ; Work and education ; Miscellaneous ; Other advice columns ; Conclusion: Comparison with British magazine ; Conclusion : Hearing Their Own Names Again: Magazines and Irish Women in the 1950s and 60s.