Modernizing tradition
Subtitle: gender and consumerism in interwar France and Germany
By: Adam C. Stanley.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780807133620
Subjects: Consumption (Economics) -- Sex differences -- France -- History -- 20th century; Consumption (Economics) -- Sex differences -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Women -- France -- History -- 20th century; Women -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Duty and empowerment : constructing modern housewives; title: Women's "delightful duty" : the discourse of motherhood; title: Gendering the boundaries of public and private : fashion, beauty, and health; title: Eve's conquest of the steering wheel : gender and automobiles; title: At work and at play : labor and leisure.