Title: Perfectly average
Description: "At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of "normality" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. In Perfectly Average, Anna Creadick investigates how and why this concept reemerged as a potent homogenizing category in postwar America. Working with scientific studies, material culture, literary texts, film, fashion, and the mass media, she charts the pursuit of the "normal" through thematic chapters on the body, character, class, sexuality, and community." ""Anna Creadick discovers an extraordinary archive.
Subjects: Body image, Sex in popular culture, Community life, Civilization, American National characteristics, Middle class, Social conditions, History, National characteristics, american, Middle class, united states, United states, civilization, 1945-, United states, social conditions, 1945-, Popular culture, united states, Sexual Behavior, Psychology, Informal Social Control, Body Image
Places: United States
Time periods: 1945-, 20th century