Women at Home and Women in the Workplace in Matthew Weiner´s "Mad Men"
Keywords:
Mad Men, female stereotypes, public space, private space.
Abstract
Matthew Weiner´s successful American TV series, Mad Men (2007), set in the 1960s in New York, unmasks the private and the public spaces of the home and the office. In these spaces, not only do the masculine protagonists interact, but also several feminine characters do as well. The three female characters (Betty, Peggy and Joan), who will be analyzed, represent the female stereotypes of this period: the idyllic housewife, the Sandra Dee prototype and the bombshell Marilyn Monroe archetype. In comparing the private and public spaces of the home and the office, these women´s sexuality and submission will be affected and influenced by the spaces they inhabit.Downloads
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Published
2013-01-08
How to Cite
Sánchez Renieblas S. (2013). Women at Home and Women in the Workplace in Matthew Weiner´s "Mad Men". Investigaciones Feministas (Feminist Research), 3, 33-42. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_INFE.2012.v3.41134
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Monograph
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