TY - JOUR
T1 - “Dialectic of Domesticity: Homemaking and Its Discontents in 1920s American Drama"
AU - Chansky, Dorothy
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - In the 1920s, homemaking was presented for the first time to American women by advertisers and educators as a putative career, combining art, science, economics, and a rhetoric of fulfillment. This essay considers how Broadway plays promoted, challenged, debated, and sold versions of this idea across a spectrum of genres.
AB - In the 1920s, homemaking was presented for the first time to American women by advertisers and educators as a putative career, combining art, science, economics, and a rhetoric of fulfillment. This essay considers how Broadway plays promoted, challenged, debated, and sold versions of this idea across a spectrum of genres.
M3 - Article
SP - 369
EP - 383
JO - Women and Performance, A Journal of Feminist Theory
JF - Women and Performance, A Journal of Feminist Theory
ER -