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== Mintz and Kellogg Chapter 9: The Golden Age - Families of the 1950s == | == Mintz and Kellogg Chapter 9: The Golden Age - Families of the 1950s == | ||
It's incredible to me how people today still compare families to the families of the 1950s. With everything from "Leave it to Beaver" to "Pleasantville" Americans today continue to romanticize the 1950s and the "perfect family." It's no wonder, though, with the age of marriage at a dramatic low and a birthrate that skyrocketed that there were ideal family households in the middle class. It was a return to "normalcy;" a sense of stability that had been disrupted by WWII. -Kelly W. | It's incredible to me how people today still compare families to the families of the 1950s. With everything from "Leave it to Beaver" to "Pleasantville" Americans today continue to romanticize the 1950s and the "perfect family." It's no wonder, though, with the age of marriage at a dramatic low and a birthrate that skyrocketed that there were ideal family households in the middle class. It was a return to "normalcy;" a sense of stability that had been disrupted by WWII. -Kelly W. | ||
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| + | I also like how much the media played into this "perfect family" as Kelly puts it, not only now, but also during the fifties. All the advertisements showing these perfect wives with their perfect lives -- cooking dinner, ironing her husband's shirts and reading a book all at the same time! That stereotype was a ridiculously high standard to live up to. It really is no wonder that so many people rebelled against this "ideal" in decades to come. -- Kari W. | ||
== Stacey Article == | == Stacey Article == | ||
