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Desperate housewives, neuroses and the domestic environment, 1945-1970

Title
  1. Desperate housewives, neuroses and the domestic environment, 1945-1970 / by Ali Haggett.
Published by
  1. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2012.
Author
  1. Haggett, Ali.

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Description
  1. ix, 239 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "The historical association between femininity and neurosis is well documented. Many recent studies have seen women's mental health issues in the aftermath of the Second World War as being a direct consequence of a lack of opportunity and the banality of a domestic lifestyle. Although the figure of the 'desperate housewife' is familiar to us, Haggett suggests that many women in the 1950s and 1960s led satisfying lives and that gender roles, while very different, were often seen as equal."--Pub. desc.
Series statement
  1. Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; no. 7
Uniform title
  1. Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; no. 7.
Subject
  1. Housewives > Mental health > History > 20th century
  2. Housewives > Social conditions > 20th century
  3. Depression in women > Social aspects
  4. Sex role > Health aspects > History > 20th century
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Reflections on the desperate housewife -- The art of marriage: marriage and mothering during the post-war period -- The housewife's day : personal accounts of housewifery and mothering -- Lightening troubled minds: mid-twentieth century medical understandings of affective disorders -- Not something you talk about: personal accounts of anxiety and depression -- For ladies in distress: representations of anxiety and depression in the medical and popular press.
Call number
  1. JFE 15-6842
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
Author
  1. Haggett, Ali.
Title
  1. Desperate housewives, neuroses and the domestic environment, 1945-1970 / by Ali Haggett.
Imprint
  1. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2012.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; no. 7
  2. Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; no. 7.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.
ISBN
  1. 9781848933101 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  2. 184893310X (hbk. : alk. paper)
  3. 9781848933118 (ebook)
  4. 1848933118 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. JFE 15-6842
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