Domestic containment in 1960-1970 America
- Domestic containment in 1960-1970 America
Domestic containment is the main type of ideology that was commonplace during the late 1940s into the 1960s. Many people still live by similar ideals, espically those with the financial means to. According to this ideology, a woman should be a mother, a housewife, and a devoted wife to her husband. Compermise was considered an integral part of family life, for all members, who were living in a distinctly new America than the previous generation.
Further reading
The books listed below might be helpful for further detailed study of how domestic containment oppressed African-American women in the 1960s and the 1970s:
*Evans, Sara; "Personal Politics", New York, Vintage Books, 1979
*Moody, Anne; "Coming of Age in Mississippi", New York, Bantam Dell, 1968
*Wallace, Michele; "the Myth of the Superwomen", London/New York, Verso, 1979
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