Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture (Cultureamerica) (Culture America (Hardcover))
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
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Description for Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture (Cultureamerica) (Culture America (Hardcover))
Hardcover. Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
It was a sign of the sixties. Drawn by the promise of spiritual and creative freedom, thousands of women from white middle-class homes rejected the suburban domesticity of their mothers to adopt lifestyles more like those of their great-grandmothers. They eagerly learned 'new' skills, from composting to quilting, as they took up the decade's quest for self-realization. 'Hippie women' have alternately been seen as earth mothers or love goddesses, virgins or vamps - images that have obscured the real complexity of their lives. Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo now takes readers back to Haight Ashbury and country communes to reveal how they experienced ... Read more
It was a sign of the sixties. Drawn by the promise of spiritual and creative freedom, thousands of women from white middle-class homes rejected the suburban domesticity of their mothers to adopt lifestyles more like those of their great-grandmothers. They eagerly learned 'new' skills, from composting to quilting, as they took up the decade's quest for self-realization. 'Hippie women' have alternately been seen as earth mothers or love goddesses, virgins or vamps - images that have obscured the real complexity of their lives. Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo now takes readers back to Haight Ashbury and country communes to reveal how they experienced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616336
SKU
V9780700616336
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Ref
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About Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo is professor of history at St. Mary's College of California. She is author of Abiding Courage: African American Migrant Women in the East Bay Community and coauthor of Competing Visions: A History of California.
Reviews for Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture (Cultureamerica) (Culture America (Hardcover))
Brings to life the passions and struggles and - yes - confusions of hippie women, moving beyond the stereotypes of hippie chick and earth mother to restore the women of the counterculture to their rightful place in the history of American feminism.... A much-needed book. Beth Bailey, author of Sex in the Heartland ""Forty years later, the myths and stereotypes ... Read more