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Mothers, Daughters, and Political Socialization : Two Generations at an American Women's College /

Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College - the women's college of Rutgers University - twenty-five years apart, the author perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women'...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Krista (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Using a unique data set comparing mothers and daughters who attended Douglass College - the women's college of Rutgers University - twenty-five years apart, the author perceptively observes the changes in how women acquire their attitudes toward gender roles and behaviors in the post-women's movement years. This study examines the role of intergenerational transmission - the maternal influences on younger women - while also looking at differences among women in attitudes and behaviors relative to gender roles that might be attributed to the nature of the times during their formative years. How do daughters coming of age in an era when the women's movement is far less visible deal with gendered expectations compared to their mothers? Do they accept the contemporary status quo their feminist mothers fought so hard to achieve? Or, do they press forward with new goals?
Physical Description:1 online resource (178 pages).
ISBN:9781439909294