Read The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century

The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century

Anne Kingston

4.9/5 (27404 ratings)

Description:"One part The Beauty Myth . . . and one part Backlash"*--a provocative exploration of who and what a wife really is.There is a wife crisis in North America, a brewing storm of conflicting forces swirling around what it means to be a wife at the beginning of the 21st Century. The word is so fraught with ambiguity that it has become a litmus test, eliciting from women emotions ranging from longing to antipathy, anxiety to derision. This crisis is at the heart of Anne Kingston's The Meaning of Wife.Delving into the complex, troubling, and sometimes humorous contradictions, illusions, and realities of contemporary wifehood, Kingston takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the wedding industrial complex, which elevates the bride to a potent consumer icon; through the recent romanticization of domesticity; and across the conflicted terrain of wifely sexuality. She looks at "wife backlash," and the new wave of neo-traditionalism that urges women to marry before their "best-before" dates expire; explores the apotheosis of abused wives and the strange celebration of wives who kill; and muses on the fact that Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart, two of the world's wealthiest and most influential women, are both non-wives whose success has hinged on thier understanding of wives. The result is an entertaining mix of social, sexual, historical, and economic commentary that is bound to stir debate even as it reframes our view of both women and marriage.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century. To get started finding The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1466804491

Description: "One part The Beauty Myth . . . and one part Backlash"*--a provocative exploration of who and what a wife really is.There is a wife crisis in North America, a brewing storm of conflicting forces swirling around what it means to be a wife at the beginning of the 21st Century. The word is so fraught with ambiguity that it has become a litmus test, eliciting from women emotions ranging from longing to antipathy, anxiety to derision. This crisis is at the heart of Anne Kingston's The Meaning of Wife.Delving into the complex, troubling, and sometimes humorous contradictions, illusions, and realities of contemporary wifehood, Kingston takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the wedding industrial complex, which elevates the bride to a potent consumer icon; through the recent romanticization of domesticity; and across the conflicted terrain of wifely sexuality. She looks at "wife backlash," and the new wave of neo-traditionalism that urges women to marry before their "best-before" dates expire; explores the apotheosis of abused wives and the strange celebration of wives who kill; and muses on the fact that Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart, two of the world's wealthiest and most influential women, are both non-wives whose success has hinged on thier understanding of wives. The result is an entertaining mix of social, sexual, historical, and economic commentary that is bound to stir debate even as it reframes our view of both women and marriage.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century. To get started finding The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century

The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the Twenty-first Century

More Books

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & the Making of Popular Taste

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & the Making of Popular Taste

The Ruses of Ruby-Anne (Kingston Library.)

The Ruses of Ruby-Anne (Kingston Library.)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (September 13,1995)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (September 13,1995)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice, & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (1994-05-03)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice, & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (1994-05-03)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice, & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (1994-08-02)

The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice, & the Making of Popular Taste by Anne Kingston (1994-08-02)

Kingston (Angels Halo MC Next Gen Book 14)

Kingston (Angels Halo MC Next Gen Book 14)

The Meaning Of Wife

The Meaning Of Wife

She Called 'Me' Mummy

She Called 'Me' Mummy

ESPOSA NO ESPOSADA

ESPOSA NO ESPOSADA