[资料]Ses# 10 summary Dr. Andrea Walsh.pdf

文档介绍：SP. 401 Lecture #10 Outline Fall 2010


1. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter: Discussion
(Questions on Class #9 Outline)

2. The Postwar Gender Backlash: A New “Cult of Domesticity”?
1950s Domesticity---similar to and different from 19th century;

A diffuse discontent: Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel, Sloan Wilson, 1955
film adaptation 1956)
The mid-late 1950s: Emergence of the Civil Rights Movement:
Parallels with abolitionist movement and 19th century women’s rights
Activism; Early Gay/Lesbian Rights Activism

3. Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique (1963) as “catalyst text”
The Postwar Cult of Domesticity—Voices of Protest
Simone de Beauvoir- The Second Sex (1949; In English-1953)
Increase in Female Labor Force in late 1950s-early 60s

Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and American Women: Commission
On the Status of Women (1963)-“Momentous Changes
Quietly Taking Place”
Growth of Popular Psychology and Theories of Self-Actualization

4. The Feminine Mystique: Its Appeal Then and Now

5. Contemporary Popular Culture: Appeal of Late 50s/Early 60s
Narratives: Mad Men (T