Women, Love and Learning
The Double Bind
«This book asks insightful and provocative questions about women who came of age in the 1950s in Australia and the US. Its exploration of the impact of higher education on 1950s women students in both countries highlights critical differences in awareness of women’s issues in the so-called conformist decade.» (Jill Ker Conway, author of ‘The Road from Coorain’)»
Tells the story of a generation of American and Australian women who embodied - and challenged - the prescriptions of their times. In the 1950s and early 60s they went to colleges and universities, trained for professions and developed a life of the mind. Les mer
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Tells the story of a generation of American and Australian women who embodied - and challenged - the prescriptions of their times. In the 1950s and early 60s they went to colleges and universities, trained for professions and developed a life of the mind.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9783034304504
- Utgivelsesår
- 2010
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
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«This book asks insightful and provocative questions about women who came of age in the 1950s in Australia and the US. Its exploration of the impact of higher education on 1950s women students in both countries highlights critical differences in awareness of women’s issues in the so-called conformist decade.» (Jill Ker Conway, author of ‘The Road from Coorain’)»