Rachel Bowlby - Unexpected Items: Shopping, Parenthood, Changing Feminist Stories - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rachel BowlbySeries:Feminist Library: Essays in Cultural CriticismPublish date:2024-07-31Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399528405ISBN-10:1399528408UPC:9781399528405Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Feminist, Women AuthorsBook Topic:WomenSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC6135B5E4
Rachel Bowlby - Unexpected Items: Shopping, Parenthood, Changing Feminist Stories
The mid-twentieth-century woman was stereotypically seen as a housewife and mother, who shopped. But whether as purchaser, parent or professional, women's defining identities have been transformed, with a loosening of seemingly stone-set gender divisions and a feminist emphasis on expanding choices and different stories. Looking especially at consumer culture and parenthood, this book delves into...
Series: Feminist Library: Essays in Cultural Criticism
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399528405ISBN-10:1399528408UPC:9781399528405Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Feminist, Women AuthorsBook Topic:WomenSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1817Product ID:SC6135B5E4
Rachel Bowlby is Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus at University College London. She has written widely on consumer culture and feminist theory, as well as on women and literature. Previous books include Back to the Shops (2022); Talking Walking (2018); Everyday Stories (2016); A Child of One's Own (2013); Freudian Mythologies: Greek Tragedy and Modern Identities (2007); and Carried...
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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