HOMEWARDBOUND BY: ELAINE TYLER MAY
In Homeward Bound, May writes about the average American family after the World War II era. In the book May tries to create a connection between the family dynamics and the foreign and domestic policies after the World War II. She wrote about how Americans were trying to contain communism and how American lives were being contained in the home especially the women because women did not leave the house to go to work. Tyler May asserts that after the WORLD WAR II, many American families moved to the suburban parts to practice the nuclear family system of a father, mother and maybe two or three children and to assume traditional roles. Women assumed the role of housewives and the men were the breadwinners who went out to work and provide food for their families. The book gives readers a perspective to how middle class Americans lived life but it definitely cannot be used to judge the entire American population.
In chapter two and chapter three May talks about the great depression before and through the war and how it affected marriage and work patterns. May states that marriage rates and birth rates had declined when compared to the …show more content…
She talked about the roles the media took in pushing for gender equality. In fact in more recent years there as been more push by the media for gender equality. For example there has been calls in the media for women to take up more STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) jobs. May also talked about the bomb shelters and how the women tried to stock the bomb shelters with foods and supply, learning how to cook with makeshift utensils and maintain first aid kits in case of emergencies. She talks about the past generations who did not have televisions and how they were not in fear of atomic bomb
In Homeward Bound, May writes about the average American family after the World War II era. In the book May tries to create a connection between the family dynamics and the foreign and domestic policies after the World War II. She wrote about how Americans were trying to contain communism and how American lives were being contained in the home especially the women because women did not leave the house to go to work. Tyler May asserts that after the WORLD WAR II, many American families moved to the suburban parts to practice the nuclear family system of a father, mother and maybe two or three children and to assume traditional roles. Women assumed the role of housewives and the men were the breadwinners who went out to work and provide food for their families. The book gives readers a perspective to how middle class Americans lived life but it definitely cannot be used to judge the entire American population.
In chapter two and chapter three May talks about the great depression before and through the war and how it affected marriage and work patterns. May states that marriage rates and birth rates had declined when compared to the …show more content…
She talked about the roles the media took in pushing for gender equality. In fact in more recent years there as been more push by the media for gender equality. For example there has been calls in the media for women to take up more STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) jobs. May also talked about the bomb shelters and how the women tried to stock the bomb shelters with foods and supply, learning how to cook with makeshift utensils and maintain first aid kits in case of emergencies. She talks about the past generations who did not have televisions and how they were not in fear of atomic bomb