1st Edition
Women in Twentieth-Century Britain Social, Cultural and Political Change
By Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
Copyright 2001
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
392 Pages
by
Routledge
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Women's lives have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and the removal of formal barriers to their participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are under-represented in many areas, are paid significantly less than men, continue to experience domestic violence and to bear the larger part of the... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. Changing the Subject: Women's History and Historiography. PART ONE: THE LIFE COURSE. 3. Girlhood and Growing up. 4. Sexuality. 5. Marriage. 6. Health and Reproduction. 7. Ageing - Older Women. PART TWO: WORK - PAID AND UNPAID. 8. Education. 9. Family, Caring and Unpaid Work. 10. Housewifery
11. Paid Work. PART THREE: CULTURE, CONSUMPTION AND TRANSGRESSION. 12. The Body and Consumer Culture. 13. Crime. 14. Prostitution. 15. Leisure and Popular Culture. PART FOUR: THE STATE AND CITIZENSHIP. 16. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship from the late nineteenth Century until 1918.
17. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1918-1950s. 18. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1960s-2000. 19. 'Race', Ethnicity and National Identity. 20. War and Peace. 21. The State and Social Policy.
11. Paid Work. PART THREE: CULTURE, CONSUMPTION AND TRANSGRESSION. 12. The Body and Consumer Culture. 13. Crime. 14. Prostitution. 15. Leisure and Popular Culture. PART FOUR: THE STATE AND CITIZENSHIP. 16. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship from the late nineteenth Century until 1918.
17. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1918-1950s. 18. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1960s-2000. 19. 'Race', Ethnicity and National Identity. 20. War and Peace. 21. The State and Social Policy.
Biography
Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska
