یک تحریک عجیب: «راز زنانه» و زنان آمریکایی در آستانهٔ دههٔ ۱۹۶۰

In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique . Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were when they first read it. In A Strange Stirring , historian Stephanie Coontz examines the dawn of the 1960s, when the sexual revolution had barely begun, newspapers advertised for "perky, attractive gal typists," but married women were told to stay home, and husbands controlled almost every aspect of family life. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, and challenging both conservative and liberal myths about Friedan, A Strange Stirring brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didn't't reflect their personal weakness but rather a social and political injustice.

In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Women wrote to her by the hundreds to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were and what they were doing when they first read the book. In A Strange Stirring, prominent historian of women and marriage Stephanie Coontz strips away the myths, examining what The Feminine Mystique actually said, and which groups of women were affected. Coontz takes us back to the early 1960s – the age of Mad Men – when the sexual revolution was barely nascent, middle class wives stayed at home, and husbands retained legal control over almost every aspect of family life. Based on extensive research in the magazines and popular culture of the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, as well as interviews with women and men who read The Feminine Mystique shortly after its publication, A Strange Stirring brilliantly illuminates how Friedan’s book emboldened a generation of women to realize that their boredom and dissatisfaction stemmed from political injustice rather than personal weakness.

"In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, "The feminine mystique". Women wrote to her by the hundreds to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were and what they were doing when they first read the book. In A Strange Stirring, prominent historian of women and marriage Stephanie Coontz strips away the myths, examining what "The feminine mystique" actually said, and which groups of women were affected. Coontz takes us back to the early 1960s - the age of Mad Men - when the sexual revolution was barely nascent, middle class wives stayed at home, and husbands retained legal control over almost every aspect of family life. Based on extensive research in the magazines and popular culture of the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, as well as interviews with women and men who read "The feminine mystique" shortly after its publication, A Strange Stirring brilliantly illuminates how Friedan's book emboldened a generation of women to realize that their boredom and dissatisfaction stemmed from political injustice rather than personal weakness." --Descripción del editor Challenging Both Conservative And Liberal Myths About Betty Friedan's Bestselling Book, The Feminine Mystique, Historian Stephanie Coontz Re-examines The Dawn Of The 1960s (when The Sexual Revolution Had Barely Begun) And Brilliantly Illuminates How A Generation Of Women Came To Realize That Their Dissatisfaction With Domestic Life Didn't Reflect Their Personal Weakness But Rather Social And Political Injustice. The Unliberated 1960s -- Naming The Problem: Friedan's Message To American Housewives -- After The First Feminist Wave: Women From The 1920s Through The 1940s -- The Contradictions Of Womanhood In The 1950s -- I Thought I Was Crazy -- The Price Of Privilege: Middle-class Women And The Feminine Mystique -- African-american Women, Working-class Women, And The Feminine Mystique -- Demystifying The Feminine Mystique -- Women, Men, Marriage, And Work Tpday: Is The Feminine Mystique Dead? Stephanie Coontz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-208) And Index. The unliberated sixties Naming the problem: Friedan's message to American housewives What happened to the first wave of feminism? American women from the 1920s through the 1940s Door opening, minds closing: the contradictions of womanhood in the 1950s "I thought I was crazy": women recall what the Feminine mystique meant to them The price of privilege: guilt and self-doubt among educated white middle-class women in the 1950s and 1960s Work and family aspirations among African-American women and white working-class women: was the Feminine mystique only relevant to elite white women? Demystifying the Feminine mystique: how the myths about its origins and impact bury its real achievements Men and women, marriage and work, and the Feminine mystique today. Contents 8 Author's Note 12 Introduction 16 1 The Unliberated 1960s 26 2 Naming the Problem: Friedan's Message to American Housewives 44 3 After the First Feminist Wave: Women from the 1920s to the 1940s 60 4 The Contradictions of Womanhood in the 1950s 84 5 "I Thought I Was Crazy" 106 6 The Price of Privelege: Middle-Class Women and the Feminine Mystique 126 7 African-American Women, Working-Class Women, and the Feminine Mystique 146 8 Demystifying the Feminine Mystique 164 9 Women, Men, Marriage, and Work Today: Is the Feminine Mystique Dead? 192 Acknowledgments 212 Selected Bibliography 216 Index 234 Challenging both conservative and liberal myths about Betty Friedan's bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique, historian Stephanie Coontz re-examines the dawn of the 1960s (when the sexual revolution had barely begun) and brilliantly illuminates how a generation of women came to realize that their dissatisfaction with domestic life didn't reflect their personal weakness but rather a social and political injustice An eminent social historian chronicles the extraordinary impact of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique on the ?lost generation" of American women