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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781479853045
035 _a(DE-B1597)547537
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082 0 4 _a306.810973
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aLeonard, Suzanne
_eautore
245 1 0 _aWife, Inc. :
_bThe Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century /
_cSuzanne Leonard.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bNew York University Press,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_b22 black and white illustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 0 _aCritical Cultural Communication ;
_v8
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aA fascinating look at the changing role of wives in modern America After a half century of battling for gender equality, women have been freed from the necessity of securing a husband for economic stability, sexual fulfillment, or procreation. Marriage is a choice, and increasingly women (and men) are opting out. Yet despite these changes, the cultural power of marriage has burgeoned. What was once an obligation has become an exclusive club into which heterosexual women with the right amount of self-discipline may win entry. The newly exalted professionalized wife is no longer reliant on her husband's status or money; instead she can wield her own power provided she can successfully manage the business of being a wife. Wife, Inc. tells a fiercely contemporary story revealing that today's wives do not labor in kitchens or even homes. Instead, the work of wifedom occurs in online dating sites, on reality television, in social media, and on the campaign trail. Dating, marital commitment, and married life have been reconfigured. No longer the stuff of marriage vows, these realms are now controlled by brand management and marketability. To prosper, women must appear confident, empowered, and sexually savvy. Guiding readers through the stages of the "wife-cycle," Suzanne Leonard follows women as they date, prepare to wed, and toil as wives, using examples from popular television, film, and literature, as well as mass market news, women's magazines, new media, and advice culture. The first major study to focus on this new definition of "working wives," Wife, Inc. reveals how marriage occupies a newly professionalized role in the lives of American women. Being a wife is a business that takes a lot more than a vow to maintain-this book tells that story.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aMarriage in popular culture.
650 0 _aMarriage
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aWives
_zUnited States.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
_2bisacsh
653 _aDating.
653 _aFamily.
653 _aFeminism.
653 _aFeminist.
653 _aInternet.
653 _aMarriage.
653 _aWife.
653 _adomesticity.
653 _alabor.
653 _awives.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479853045
856 4 2 _3Cover
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