Perhaps, check out "Household Chores and Household Choices: Theorizing the
Domestic Sphere in Historical Archaeology" edited by Kerri S. Barile and
Jamie C. Brandon (Univ. of Alabama Press 2004).
Paul J. Mohler
NCDOT Archaeology Unit
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>From: "Rotman, Deborah L." <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Historical Archaeology of the Feminine Mystique
>Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:12:47 -0500
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>Dear Colleagues in Historical Archaeology ~
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> A few months back, we queried the group for references
>pertaining to early 20th century domestic sites, specifically Sears
>houses. We wish to make that appeal again.
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> Also, we are curious to hear whether any of you have studied
>the material and spatial correlates of "the feminine mystique." For
>those who may not know, this gender ideology emerged in the 1920s and
>1930s and, according to Ruth Schwartz Cowan, women were viewed as
>"purely domestic creatures, that the goal of each normal woman's life
>was the acquisition of a husband, a family and a home, that women who
>worked outside their homes did so only under duress or because they were
>'odd' (for which read 'ugly,' 'frustrated,' 'compulsive,' or 'single)
>and that this state of affairs was sanctioned by the tenets of religion,
>biology, psychology, and patriotism" (Cowan 1976:148). So it had strong
>parallels to the cult of domesticity, but differed in some of the
>prescriptive details.
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>Cowan, Ruth Schwartz
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>1976 "Two washes in the morning and a bridge party at night: The
>American housewife between the wars." Women's Studies 3(2):147-172.
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> I would appreciate any references you might be willing to
>share! Thank you!
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>Deborah L. Rotman, Ph.D., RPA
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>Assistant Professor
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>Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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>Purdue University
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>700 W. State Street; 316 Stone Hall
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>West Lafayette IN 47907-2059
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>Phone (765) 494-4683
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>Fax (765) 496-1476
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