Equipped for Life: Gendered Technical Training and Consumerism in Home Economics, 1920-1980

@article{Bix2002EquippedFL,
  title={Equipped for Life: Gendered Technical Training and Consumerism in Home Economics, 1920-1980},
  author={Amy Sue Bix},
  journal={Technology and Culture},
  year={2002},
  volume={43},
  pages={728 - 754}
}
  • A. Bix
  • Published 21 November 2002
  • Political Science
  • Technology and Culture
Cet article presente un historique de la formation dispensee dans les etablissements du superieur aux Etats-Unis dans le domaine de l'economie domestique et notamment l'utilisation des equipements et appareils electriques, particulierement sophistiques pour l'epoque. Les changements intervenus dans la production industrielle d'appareils de cuisine jusqu'alors inedits, a fait naitre la necessite de former les femmes a la technologie moderne. L'histoire d'un etablissement de l'Iowa, pionnier dans… 
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