Housework and housewives in modern American advertising : married to the mop

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Housework and housewives in modern American advertising : married to the mop

Jessamyn Neuhaus

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-263) and index

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Description

An analysis of how since the end of te 19th-century advertising agencies and their housework product clients utilized a remarkably consistent depiction of housewives and housework, illustrating that that although Second Wave feminism successfully called into question the housewife stereotype, homemaking has remained an American feminine ideal.

Table of Contents

The Laundry Room The Bathroom The Kitchen The Living Room

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