Title Feminist Lives Women, Feelings, and the Self in Post-War Britain

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (242 p.) Contents Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1. Revolution of the Self -- Introduction -- The Post-War Landscape -- Feminist Encounters -- Spaces for the Self -- Feminism and Subjectivity -- The Emotional Self -- The Expressive Self -- Feminist Lives -- 2. Mothers and Daughters -- Introduction -- Mothers: Self-sacrifice to Self-realization -- Finding the Real Me -- Aspirations and Expectations -- What Daughters Thought -- Conclusions -- 3. Fashioning the Self -- Introduction Dedicated Followers of Fashion -- Home-made -- Ticket to Ride -- Conclusions -- 4. Intimate Selves -- Introduction -- Histories of Intimacy and Liberation -- Imagining Intimate Futures -- Spaces, Experimentation, and Constraint -- Choice and Autonomy -- Conclusions -- 5. Settling Down -- Introduction -- Expectations of Marriage -- Togetherness -- Together but Unequal -- Reclaiming the Self -- Conclusions -- 6. The Expressive Self -- Introduction -- Cynthia's Story -- Unhappy Housewives -- Talking about Feelings -- Researching Women's Feelings -- Spaces for Screaming -- Self-Help or Just Help? Conclusions -- 7. Liberating the Domestic Self -- Introduction -- Stay-at-Home Mothers -- Stepping Stones -- Catalyst for Change -- Challenges of 'Do-It-Yourself' -- Back to Work -- Conclusions -- 8. Caring for the Self -- The Feminist Spectrum -- Self-Care -- Feminist Voices -- Becoming Visible -- Coda -- Bibliography -- Index Summary The story of women growing up in post-war Britain, rejecting the self-sacrifice of their mothers' generation and embracing new ways of living, feeling, and being in the decades before Women's Liberation. They were feminists before feminism, which we see through their descriptions of themselves, their relationships, their feelings, and actions Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Sex role -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century Sex role Women Women -- Social conditions Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0192651110 9780192651112

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