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ERIC Number: EJ760770
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 28
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1520-3247
"Everyone Would Be around the Table": American Family Mealtimes in Historical Perspective, 1850-1960
Cinotto, Simone
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n111 p17-34 Spr 2006
The ideal of the proper family mealtime, originally devised by the Victorian middle class, gained cultural hegemony in modern America, but with the partial exception of the 1950s, only a minority of American families could ever live by it.
Descriptors: Middle Class, Cultural Influences, United States History, Sex Role, Females, African American History, African American Culture, Immigrants, Models, Home Economics Skills, Family Work Relationship, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Social Attitudes, Food
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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