Title: Controlling representations : depictions of women in a mainstream newspaper, 1900-1950 /
Authors: Adams, Katherine H., 1954-; Keene, Michael L.; McKay, Melanie, 1949-
Publisher: Hampton Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Women Press coverage United States History; Journalism Social aspects United States History; Women United States Social conditions; Women United States Attitudes.; Women United States Social life and customs; Women in popular culture United States History
Contents: Introduction -- An evolving true womanhood -- Portrayals of lower-class women -- Exploiting the code -- From suffrage to prohibition : a crisis in representation -- Discourses of the body : the flapper -- The decorative body remakes home and work at the century's beginning -- The suddenness of a new normality : World War II and beyond -- Conclusion.