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Spaces in Her Day: Australian Women's Diaries, 1920s & 1930s

Spaces in Her Day: Australian Women's Diaries, 1920s & 1930s


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Winner, Gleebooks Prize for Cultural and Literary Criticism, 1996 Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Prize, The Age Book of the Year Awards 1996 Shortlisted, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 1996 Shortlisted, Benella Award, Braille and Talking Book Library Audio Award, 1996 What do women write in their diaries? Do they reveal their innermost thoughts, their romantic hopes and fantasies, or do they fill their pages with domestic details? Why, in fact, do they write? In Spaces In Her Day, Katie Holmes uncovers the rich, private world of women's diaries. Australia in the 1920s and 1930s offered new possibilities to young women: paid work, motor cars, 'ready-to-wear' fashion and the promise of romance. Many women embraced these opportunities and confided to their diaries their dreams and fears. For other women, already burdened with domestic responsibilities, the endless demands of motherhood and hosuework consumed their time. In their diaries they might boast of tasks accomplished, or take time to dream of quieter days. Spaces In Her Day tells the stories of these diaries and the women who wrote them. Katie Holmes brings to life the desires, loves and losses of women who took time to record what was important to them, who made a space in their day to preserve their words. The result is a fascinating exploration of what it was like to be a woman in Australia between the wars. We also discover why women wrote diaries and catch a tantalising glimpse of the secrets they disclosed. Katie Holmes used to write a diary. She gave up when she started reading other people's and began to reflect on why so many women have an 'itch to record'. She teaches History and Women's Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne and is co-editor with Marilyn Lake of Freedom Bound II.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Cast 1 Life cycles I: Youth 2 Working lives I: Paid work 3 Working lives II: Domestic work 4 Life cycles II: Marriage to motherhood 5 Relating women I: Relationships with men 6 Relating women II: Relationships with family 7 Relating women III: Relationships with women 8 Life cycles III: Ageing and death Notes Bibliography

About the Author :
Katie Holmes lectures in History at La Trobe University.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781863737319
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1863737316
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Australian Women's Diaries, 1920s & 1930s


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