American domesticity : from how-to manual to Hollywood melodrama /

American domesticity : from how-to manual to Hollywood melodrama /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:McHugh, Kathleen Anne.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (x, 235 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Women in motion pictures.
Housework in motion pictures.
Feminism in motion pictures.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Feminism and motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142958
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ISBN:1423760093
9781423760092
1602563020
9781602563025
0195352726
9780195352726
9780195122619
0195122615
1280470844
9781280470844
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:This work considers American representations of domesticity and domestic labour over the last two centuries in historical, popular and feminist texts. The author asserts that the political power and effectivity of the idea of "normative domestic femininity" cannot be overestimated.
Other form:Print version: McHugh, Kathleen Anne. American domesticity. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195122615

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