ISBN:
9781783485086
,
9781783485093
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 323 Seiten
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stratford, Elaine, author Home, nature, and the feminine ideal
DDC:
305.4209
Keywords:
Women History 19th century
;
Sex role History 19th century
;
Home economics History 19th century
;
Human body Social aspects
;
Child rearing Social aspects
;
Femininity
;
Englisches Sprachgebiet
;
Frauenbild
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Weiblichkeit
;
Hauswirtschaft
;
Familienerziehung
;
Geschichte 1789-1914
Abstract:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Her first duty : beauty, morality, and the gilded cage -- To maintain vigour : population, fitness, and race -- The song of the skirt : raw nature and fashionable conduct -- Good breeding : combatting the decline of the population -- The hand that rocks the cradle : scientific mothers and strong babies -- Cleanliness is next to godliness : health, habit, and domestic economy -- We do hereby authorise and require : contagion, public health, and a return to home -- Synthesis -- Bibliography -- Index.
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