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Jackie Reconsidered, again: Jacqueline Kennedy and 1960s-era American womanhood
The Sixties Pub Date : 2017-10-10 , DOI: 10.1080/17541328.2017.1381797
Karen Dunak 1
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Abstract Despite her well-documented fame, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy is largely absent from the historiography of modern American womanhood. When addressed, she is often regarded as a figure of style rather than substance. This article reconsiders the potential influence of JBK through investigation of her 1962 White House Restoration and responses of American citizens, popular American media, and international audiences to the televised display of her labor as First Lady. Rather than purely domestic helpmate or decorative adornment to her husband, as was and is often supposed, Kennedy, in her White House restoration, navigated the choppy waters of sometimes competing cultural, historical, and political interests, as an individual in her own right, rather than as a mere extension of President John Kennedy. Blending her public life and her private interests, Kennedy made the historic restoration of her temporary home a project of national import, and in so doing confounded notions that women’s focus should be confined to the private realms of home and family. Evaluation of public response to this presentation contributes to historians’ efforts to challenge notions of the postwar period as one merely of heightened and restrictive domesticity for American women. Appreciation for Kennedy's efforts and celebration of her cultural and historical expertise reveal the widespread acceptance of the model of womanhood she presented. Reconsideration of the influence and appeal of JBK complements recent historiographical contributions regarding the significance of individual women’s actions as part of the bridge between the 1950s and early 1960s and the feminist challenges that emerged as the 1960s concluded.

中文翻译:

杰基再次反思:杰奎琳·肯尼迪和 1960 年代的美国女性

摘要 尽管杰奎琳·布维尔·肯尼迪声名鹊起,但在现代美国女性的历史编纂中,她基本上没有出现。当被提及时,她通常被视为时尚人物而不是实质人物。本文通过对她 1962 年白宫复辟的调查以及美国公民、美国大众媒体和国际观众对她作为第一夫人的劳动的电视展示的反应,重新考虑了 JBK 的潜在影响。肯尼迪并没有像过去和人们通常认为的那样纯粹是家庭帮手或丈夫的装饰品,而是在她的白宫修复中,作为个人,在有时相互竞争的文化、历史和政治利益的波涛汹涌的水域中航行,而不仅仅是作为约翰肯尼迪总统的延伸。肯尼迪将她的公共生活和她的私人利益结合起来,将她临时住所的历史性修复作为一项具有国家意义的项目,并在这样做时混淆了女性的关注点应该仅限于家庭和家庭的私人领域的观念。对公众对本次陈述的反应的评估有助于历史学家努力挑战战后时期的观念,认为战后时期仅仅是美国妇女的高度和限制性家庭生活。对肯尼迪努力的赞赏和对她的文化和历史专业知识的赞颂表明,她所展示的女性模式已被广泛接受。
更新日期:2017-10-10
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