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The aim of the book Ženski so pa 203
vzrasle svetlejše dolžnosti nego kuhati in prati. Podoba in pojavnost žensk na
Slovenskem: Slovenke, od sredine 19. stoletja do 2. svetovne vojne (Woman
has grown brighter duties than cooking and doing laundry. Image and appe-
arance of women on Slovenian territory: Slovenian women from the mid
19th century till the World War II) is to establish how the role mostly as-
signed to women - that of mothers and housewives - has changed during
this time period. The point of departure is the assumption that mother-
hood and housekeeping are the roles with which women can easily iden-
tify themselves, regardless of their religious beliefs, nationality, race, or
social status. In the above mentioned time period motherhood started
to be seen in a new light, it became more complex, i.e. special skills and
knowledge became imperative, and women could not draw from their
»natural instinct« anymore, but had to »learn« and/or adapt to them. The
same can be said about the effect of this development on housekeeping,
which became more and more complex, strenuous and technologically
demanding.
The book also explores how women accepted or resisted these social-
ly established roles. As a consequence, for example, the generation con-
The aim of the book Ženski so pa 203
vzrasle svetlejše dolžnosti nego kuhati in prati. Podoba in pojavnost žensk na
Slovenskem: Slovenke, od sredine 19. stoletja do 2. svetovne vojne (Woman
has grown brighter duties than cooking and doing laundry. Image and appe-
arance of women on Slovenian territory: Slovenian women from the mid
19th century till the World War II) is to establish how the role mostly as-
signed to women - that of mothers and housewives - has changed during
this time period. The point of departure is the assumption that mother-
hood and housekeeping are the roles with which women can easily iden-
tify themselves, regardless of their religious beliefs, nationality, race, or
social status. In the above mentioned time period motherhood started
to be seen in a new light, it became more complex, i.e. special skills and
knowledge became imperative, and women could not draw from their
»natural instinct« anymore, but had to »learn« and/or adapt to them. The
same can be said about the effect of this development on housekeeping,
which became more and more complex, strenuous and technologically
demanding.
The book also explores how women accepted or resisted these social-
ly established roles. As a consequence, for example, the generation con-
