Perfectly Average: The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America

by Anna G. Creadick

At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of "normality" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. But what did this term really mean? What were its parameters? Whom did it propose to include and exclude?

In Perfectly Average, Anna Creadick investigates how and why "normality"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498060
• ISBN13: 9781558498068
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"