
Open Country, Iowa
Rural Women, Tradition, and Change
Deborah Fink(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 31. October 1986
Book
Hardback
275 pages
978-0-88706-317-6 (ISBN)
Description
Open Country, Iowa links anthropology and history in a woman's perspective on the changing social patterns of rural Iowa communities. Using life stories which she has collected, Deborah Fink explores the experiences of today's women. She traces them to past influences, beginning with the time of the first settlers, and shows how family, religion, and work have changed over the years. Her interpretation of social patterns as determined by the history of national politics, economics, kinship, and community culture, call into question some common understandings about the traditional role of women and about changes initiated by World War II.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 0
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88706-317-6 (9780887063176)
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Content
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Family in Open Country before World War II
3. The Scope of Women's Work before 1940
4. Woman to Woman
5. World War II and Rural Women
6. Eggs: A Case in Point
7. Women's Work after World War II
8. Women, Power, and Class in Open Country
9. A Concluding Perspective
Notes
References Cited
Index
1. Introduction
2. The Family in Open Country before World War II
3. The Scope of Women's Work before 1940
4. Woman to Woman
5. World War II and Rural Women
6. Eggs: A Case in Point
7. Women's Work after World War II
8. Women, Power, and Class in Open Country
9. A Concluding Perspective
Notes
References Cited
Index