A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
| AUTHOR | Coontz, Stephanie |
| PUBLISHER | Basic Books (03/06/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were when they first read it. In A Strange Stirring, historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised for "perky, attractive gal typists," but married women were told to stay home, and husbands controlled almost every aspect of family life. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, and challenging both conservative and liberal myths about Friedan, A Strange Stirring brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didn't't reflect their personal weakness but rather a social and political injustice.
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ISBN-13:
9780465028429
ISBN-10:
046502842X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
256
Carton Quantity:
26
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 0.80 x 8.10 inches
Weight:
0.55 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
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Price on Product,
Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science | United States - 20th Century
Social Science | Women's Studies
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
305.420
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In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were when they first read it. In A Strange Stirring, historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised for "perky, attractive gal typists," but married women were told to stay home, and husbands controlled almost every aspect of family life. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, and challenging both conservative and liberal myths about Friedan, A Strange Stirring brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didn't't reflect their personal weakness but rather a social and political injustice.
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