Description
Book SynopsisThis study examines the complex relationship between women and leisure, drawing upon recent feminist theory. The text charts the changes in perception, representation and experiences of leisure for women between 1920 and 1960, and relates the changes to life cycle lines.
Trade Review'This is a well-written, interesting and authoritative book, which should be of interest both to students and to academic readers. Dr Langhamer has used a very wide and impressive range of sources, newspapers, mass observation, oral testimony and many secondary sources. A valuable work.' -- Dr Elizabeth Roberts, Lancaster University -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part 1: The nature of leisure in women's lives
1. 'A planned night out'? Conceptualising 'leisure' in historical research
2. 'Waiting for the pie to brown': leusire, work and definitional ambiguity
Part 2: Leisure and the life cycle
3. 'Stepping out with the young set': youthful freedom and independence
4. 'Do you come here often?' Courtship, sex and leisure
5. 'Pleasure loving mothers'? Leisure in adult life
Conclusion
