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A Woman's Place? Ciara Meehan

A Woman's Place? By Ciara Meehan

A Woman's Place? by Ciara Meehan


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This book uncovers the contribution that homegrown women's magazines made to shaping complex debates about the position of women in society in 1960s Ireland. Woman's Way is explored alongside the lesser-known titles Woman's View, Woman's Choice, and Young Woman.

A Woman's Place? Summary

A Woman's Place?: Challenging Values in 1960s Irish Women's Magazines by Ciara Meehan

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.

About Ciara Meehan

Ciara Meehan is Reader in History at the University of Hertfordshire

Table of 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

Additional information

NGR9781526163349
9781526163349
1526163349
A Woman's Place?: Challenging Values in 1960s Irish Women's Magazines by Ciara Meehan
New
Hardback
Manchester University Press
2023-02-28
336
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