“快乐的家庭主妇”:20世纪50年代美国女性形象形成原因分析

“Happy Housewife”:Analysis of the Causes about the Formation of American Female Image in the 1950s

太平洋战争爆发后,美国上千万男性应征入伍直接导致了后方劳动力严重不足,美国女性开始接替男性的工作,"钻工罗西"是战争年代美国女性的典型形象。然而,二战结束后,美国妇女却掀起一股回归家庭生活的高潮。"快乐的家庭主妇"是20世纪50年代美国妇女的典型形象。这一形象的形成,与美国传统的妇女观、冷战的阴影、学术理论和现实状况有着紧密的联系。

After the outbreak of the Pacific War,the recruitment of tens of millions of the American men directly led to a serious shortage of rear labor.American women began to take over the jobs of men."Rosie the Riveter "was a typical image of American women in the war years.However, after the end of World War II,American women set off a climax of returning to the family life.The "happy housewife"was typical image of American women in the 1950s.In the 1950s,the "formation of the image of American women's "happy housewife"was closely related to traditional American view of women,the shadow of Cold War,academic theory,and social reality.