TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spurlock,John C.
AU  - Magistro,Cynthia
TI  - New and Improved: The Transformation of American Women's Emotional Culture 
T2  - History of Emotions
SN  - 9780814780459
AV  - HQ1420 .S68 1998
U1  - 305.4/0973/0904 21
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Emotions in literature
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women
KW  - United States
KW  - Psychology
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Self and Emotion in the Early Twentieth Century --; 2. Flaming Youth --; 3. The Single Woman --; 4. The Flapper Wife --; 5. The Silver Cord --; 6. The Fountain --; Notes --; Index --; About the Authors; restricted access
N2  - As the Victorian era drew to a close, American culture experienced a vast transformation. In many ways, the culture changed even more rapidly and profoundly for women. The "new woman," the "new freedom," and the "sexual revolution" all referred to women moving out of the Victorian home and into the public realm that men had long claimed as their own. Modern middle-class women made a distinction between emotional styles that they considered Victorian and those they considered modern. They expected fulfillment in marriage, companionship, and career, and actively sought up-to-date versions of love and happiness, relieved that they lived in an age free from taboo and prudery. Drawing on the diaries, letters, and memoirs of women from a wide range of backgrounds and geographic regions, this volume offers insights into middle-class women's experiences of American culture in this age of transition. It documents the ways in which that culture--including new technologies, advertising, and movies--shaped women's emotional lives and how these women appropriated the new messages and ideals. In addition, the authors describe the difficulties that women encountered when emotional experiences failed to match cultural expectations
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814739815.001.0001
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814739815
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814739815/original
ER  -