Women and smoking since 1890 / Rosemary Elliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliot, Rosemary.

Series:

Routledge studies in the social history of medicine ; 29.

Routledge studies in the social history of medicine ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Women--Tobacco use--History.

Smoking.

Women--Tobacco use.

History.

Physical Description:

225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2008]

Summary:

. This book explores the issue of women and smoking in the twentieth century. Focusing on the gendered construction of smoking as a practice, Rosemary Elliot uese a variety of source material from popular magazines, films and medical discourse.

Contents:

1 The Lady Smoker 11

2 Cigarettes and supporting the war 29

3 Flappers and the changing face of femininity 53

4 Personal perspectives: Smoking among women in Mass-Observation and oral history 77

5 Smoking in war and peace 91

6 The construction of the health risks of smoking, 1950 to 1970 111

7 The feminisation of the cigarette 131

8 From pregnant women to teenage girls: The shifting focus on smoking among women as a health issue 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780415340595

0415340594

OCLC:

76142104