GENDER AND WORKING CLASS IDENTITY IN BRITAIN DURING THE 1950s.

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  • Author(s): Brooke, Stephen
  • Source:
    Journal of Social History. Summer2001, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p773. 23p. 3 Graphs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      WORKING class; COST of living; WOMEN employees
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED Kingdom
    • Abstract:
      Examines gender and working class identity in Great Britain in the 1950s. Background on the working class living standards; Changes in the patterns of work and maternity for working class women; Observations of working class family life and masculinity through books on social observation and sociology; Examination of nostalgia and misogyny in a variety of texts.