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a history of flight attendants
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Barry, Kathleen M.
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2007
- Thesaurus
- stewardessen, vrouwbeelden, vrouwelijkheid, etniciteit, leeftijd, discriminatie, emancipatie, vakbonden, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- History of flight attendants: the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists.
anatomy of a problem film
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Patton, Cindy
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- films, etniciteit, gender, seksualiteit, sociale klasse, receptie, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The author examines the production and reception of so called 'problem films', for example movies about race and miscegenation, beginning with 1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement and Pinky (1949). She also describes the arrival of the Method school of acting in Hollywood, which demanded that performers inhabit their characters’ lives. She describes how these developments reflected and helped popularize the concept of the liberal citizen in postwar America. She argues that the reception of projected identities offer new perspectives on contemporary identity politics, from feminism to the gay rights movement.
women transforming American labor
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Cobble, Dorothy Sue > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Vosko, Leah F.
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 52 2007
- Thesaurus
- arbeid, arbeidsverdeling naar sekse, sociale klasse, sociale ongelijkheid, arbeidersbeweging, discriminatie, vakbonden, etniciteit, immigranten, allochtonen, lesbische en homobewegingen, overheidsbeleid, wetgeving, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- The authors argue how the sex of workers matters in understanding the jobs they do, the problems they face at work and the new labor movements they are creating in the United States and globally.
the general’s first lady
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Holt, Marilyn Irvin
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 9 EIS 2007
- Thesaurus
- regeringsleiders, partners van, etniciteit, biografie, 20e eeuw, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Mamie Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door, but has stood in the shadows of first ladies who followed. Yet she accomplished more than even her own contemporaries noticed, and her popularity not only enhanced her husband's presidency but also put a distinctive stamp on the role of first lady. This biography of Mamie Eisenhower draws on sources in the Eisenhower Library. Holt places her in the context of her time, showing that she was a perfect first lady for the fifties--a stylish grandmother who doted on her family and considered her job to be creating a home life that eased her husband's work tensions. Holt recaptures the winning personality that made Mrs. Eisenhower an important part of both her husband's success and her cultural milieu, and relates how her experience as an army wife--with overseas postings, acquaintance with heads of state, and experience as an accomplished hostess--better prepared her for the White House. Holt reveals that there was much more to Mamie Eisenhower than the housewife she described herself as, showing us instead a resourceful first lady who ran the executive mansion like an army sergeant, relished charity work, and promoted cultural events. .As an agent for change, Mamie Eisenhower not only entertained foreign dignitaries but also invited African Americans to the White House when tensions over civil rights were mounting.
the cinematic, the black femme, and the image of common sense
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Keeling, Kara
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- vrouwbeelden, zwarte vrouwen, films, etniciteit, racisme, heteroseksisme, misogynie, lesbianisme, bevrijdingsbeweging, filosofie, theorieën, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Keeling describes how images of black women have affected racism, homophobia and misogyny in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s in the United States. She explores various images, including those from: Haile Gerima’s film Sankof: images of women in the Black Panther Party: Pam Grier's roles in the blaxploitation films of the '70s: the 'bulldagger' and butch: the lipstick lesbians of the L Word: the Black women of F.Gary Gray’s 'Set It Off': Kase Lemmon's 'Eve's Bayou'.
a critical introduction
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- May, Vivian M.
- Creator
- Guy-Sheftall, Beverly
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 8 2007
- Thesaurus
- zwart feminisme, theorieën, Afro-Amerikaanse vrouwen, etniciteit, filosofie, biografische gegevens, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The author explores the theoretical and political contributions of Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964), a renowned black feminist scholar, educator, and activist. Drawing on African and feminist theory, May places Cooper's theorizing in its historical contexts.
fiction and automobile culture in twentieth-century America
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Clarke, Deborah
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 4 2007
- Thesaurus
- auto- en motorsport, romans, identiteit, technologie, woonomgeving, reizen, familierelaties, etniciteit, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society, such as technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency, are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. When women take the wheel, family structure and public spaces are reconfigured and regendered. She describes women's fascination with cars from different perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include: Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O'Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison and Silko.
gender, race, and ethnicity in the architectural profession
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Anthony, Kathryn H.
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 53 2008
- Thesaurus
- architecten, loopbanen, glazen plafond, gebouwde omgeving, gender, etniciteit, homoseksualiteit, diversiteit, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- 'Designing for diversity' focuses on the experiences of underrepresented architects, especially women and persons of color, and how they compare to those of their white male counterparts. To a lesser extent, it examines the experiences of architects who are gay or lesbian. The book suggests strategies to reform and further diversify the architectural profession. Some attention is given to the effects of diversity in the profession on the built environment. The research in the book is based on archival data from professional organizations for architects, and on interviews with fifty-eight women architects and architects of color, conducted over a ten-year period, approximately 1990-2000.
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