A woman's place?
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A woman's place?

Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines

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A woman's place?

Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines

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About This Book

This book explores representations of the domestic in Irish women's magazines. Published in 1960s Ireland, during a period of transformation, they served as modern manuals for navigating everyday life. Traditional themes – dating, marriage, and motherhood – dominated. But editors also introduced conflicting voices to complicate the narrative. Readers were prompted to reimagine their home life, and traditional values were carefully subverted. The domestic was shown to be a negotiable concept in the coverage of such issues as the body and reproductive rights, working wives and equal pay. Dominant societal perceptions of women were also challenged through the inclusion of those who were on the margins – widows, unmarried mothers, and never-married women. This book considers the motivations of editors, the role of readers, and the influence of advertisers in shaping complex debates about women in society in 1960s Ireland.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781526163332
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Popular Culture
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. GENDER IN HISTORY
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of figures
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. A note on terminology
  11. Abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. 1: Dating to be married
  14. 2: The new marriage manuals
  15. 3: The modern home
  16. 4: Sex knowledge
  17. 5: (Un)planned pregnancy
  18. 6: Happy families?
  19. 7: Single women
  20. 8: An agenda for change
  21. Conclusion
  22. References
  23. Index