The real invisible man: women of color, their texts and postwar America (1945 - 1960) [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Christiane Kollenberg

Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie der Philosophischen Fakultät der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald vorgelegt von Christiane Kollenberg Greifswald im April 2003 Name des Dekans: Prof. Dr. Manfred Bornewasser Name des Erstgutachters: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Lutz Name des Zweitgutachters: Prof. Dr. em. Rolf Meyn Datum der Disputation: 21. November 2003 2 “The Real Invisible Man”: Women of Color, Their Texts and Postwar America (1945-1960) 3 1. Introduction: The Postwar Era, Women of Color and Contemporary Society 6 2. Institutional Studies and Women of the Postwar Era 15 2.1. Postwar Women in Historical Perspective 15 2.1.1. Theories of Continuous Domesticity 16 2.1.2. The Discovery of Complexity and Social Change in the Postwar Period 19 2.2. Cultural Studies and the Postwar Era 23 2.3. Summary 36 3. Structural Sources of Social Diversity 38 3.1. Women of Color and the State 39 3.1.1. Immigration, Deportation and Displacement: Mexican American Women in a Hostile Environment 39 3.1.2. Segregation and Discrimination: African American Women Organizing Resistance 41 3.1.3. Asian American Women in the Middle of International Conflicts 44 3.2. Women of Color in the Labor Market 48 3.2.1.