Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s e-bog
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Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender b...
E-bog
1021,49 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
17 august 2005
Genrer
1DD
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780230286184
Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender by considering the relationship between individual 'women' and the dominant representation of 'Woman'.