10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOMISM»
Discover the use of
momism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
momism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mama's Boy:
Momism and Homophobia in Postwar American Culture
Roel van den Oever zooms in on four instances of the cultural representation of Momism: The Grotto, by Grace Zaring Stone, Suddenly Last Summer, by Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth, to ...
2
Momism: the silent disease of America
A sociopsychological study of the tactics, effects, and cultural, legal, and familial ramifications of domineering, overprotective, and manipulative mothering
3
The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It ...
The new momism is the direct descendant and latest version of what Betty
Friedan famously labeled the "feminine mystique" back in the 1960s. The new
momism seems to be much more hip and progressive than the feminine mystique
, ...
Susan Douglas, Meredith Michaels, 2005
4
Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America
4; Ruth Feld- stein, Motherhood in Black and White: Race and Sex in American
Liberalism, 1930–1965 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000); Jennifer
Terry, “ 'Momism' and the Making of Treasonous Homosexuals,” in “Bad” Mothers:
...
5
I was a Cold War Monster: Horror Films, Eroticism, and the ...
momism into the American mainstream. As Jennifer Terry notes, " 'mom' -bashing
gained industrial strength during the decade following World War II, as bad
mothers became powerful career vehicles for a host of sexist columnists,
legislators, ...
6
Hollywood Genres and Post-war America: Masculinity, Family ...
Momism Another discourse about parenting rose to prominence in the postwar
period and in some ways can be seen as a disturbing counterpart to the warm,
sympathetic representation of the relationship between a father and daughter ...
Momism returned in Hans Sebald's 1976 book Momism:The Silent Disease of
America, which charged that a generation of emotionally frustrated women
whose career ambitions had been thwarted, had sunk despondently into
professional ...
8
Feminism and Its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with ...
4. Momism. and. the. Flight. from. Manhood. A few months after the United States
entered World War II, Philip Wylie (1902–1971) wrote a biting critique of
American society and, by extension, of a world that allowed so much human
devastation.
Mari Jo BUHLE, Mari Jo Buhle, 2009
9
Career Movies: American Business and the Success Mystique
in such films as My Son John (1952) and The Manchurian Candidate." Certainly
the latter is the quintessential Hollywood film of all-controlling "momism," which
attempts to blame the politically ambitious mother (Angela Lansbury) of Raymond
...
10
Men in the Middle: Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s
Clearly, modern America made contradictory demands on the individual man to
operate with equal energy in both realms, active and sedentary. The problem of
Momism in the present day, he continued, could be traced back to its historic
roots ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOMISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
momism is used in the context of the following news items.
Down With Mother's Day
According to writer Philip Wylie, who exposed the whole shoddy business, momism depended on threats, seduction, deception and bribery to ... «Newsweek, May 15»
A mother's confession: Why I hate Mother's Day
In the American cult of Momism, we're all supposed to feign delight at being hoisted on a pedestal for a day this Sunday and showered with ... «Palm Beach Post, May 15»
New York 'momisms': Tough love goes a long way in the city
New York momism: Don't make me leave you on this subway! ... New York momism: Look out for taxi drivers, buses, bicycles and coyotes ... «amNY, May 15»
Lake County author offers special Mother's Day drawing
To enter, "Like" the contest post, share a favorite momism (ie: quote, story or picture) from now until May 9, 2015. The drawing will take place on ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
Masculinity, fatherhood in superhero films
To contrast, Kvaran expounded on the rise of “Momism” in 1950s popular culture, the time in which superheroes were first gaining traction. «The Buchtelite, Mar 15»
'Goodluck Jonathan's Government Is A Fraud'
The “political momism”, my coinage for Dame Patience Jonathan's verbal diarrhoea deal devastating blow to whatever peace-pact reached by all the fourteen ... «NAIJ.COM, Mar 15»
Read all about them
Young examines that topic in the chapter “Target Mom: Disciplining 'Misplaced Sympathy,'” and the reaction to what he calls “'momism' ... «Swnews4u, Oct 14»
Topinka deflects criticism, seeks second comptroller term
This is just the price of a momism here, and I'll take the rap for that," Topinka said. Judy Baar Topinka remembered as good-humored truth-teller. «Chicago Daily Herald, Sep 14»
Tour of Tables: Hilarious Anita Renfroe to share 'Momism' wisdom
Comedienne Anita Renfroe plans on serving up a big helping of laughter at The Pensacola Tour of Tables during her two appearances at First ... «Pensacola News Journal, Aug 14»
Mark Driscoll in 2000: “We Live in a Completely Pussified Nation”
Philip Wylie (“momism“) and Ed Strecker are two I have written about previously. The jacket cover of Strecker's 1946 book, Their Mothers' Sons, ... «Patheos, Jul 14»
