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Author:

Adams, Katherine H., 1954-

Title:

Controlling representations : depictions of women in a mainstream newspaper, 1900-1950 / Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene, Melanie McKay.

Publisher:

Hampton Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

vii, 224 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women--History--United States--History--20th century.
Journalism--History--United States--History--20th century.
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Women--United States--Attitudes.
Women--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
Women in popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Keene, Michael L.
McKay, Melanie, 1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and indexes.

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.

ISBN:

1572737166 (paperbound)
9781572737167 (paperbound)
1572737158 (hardbound)
9781572737150 (hardbound)

LCCN:

2009003753

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)