A woman's place?
Challenging values in 1960s Irish women's magazines
By Ciara Meehan
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Book Information
- Format: Hardcover
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-6334-9
- Pages: 328
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Price: £85.00
- Published Date: January 2023
- BIC Category: Modern History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Humanities / Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Society & social sciences / Popular culture, Society & social sciences / Gender studies: women, Humanities / Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, History, Irish History
- Series: Gender in History
Description
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.
Contents
Introduction
1. Dating to be married
2. The new marriage manuals
3. The modern home
4. Sex knowledge
5. (Un)planned pregnancy
6. Happy families?
7. Single women
8. An agenda for change
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Author
Ciara Meehan is Reader in History at the University of Hertfordshire
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