The Fabulous Fifties: An era of identical pink pressboard suburban houses filled with smiling, apron-clad housewives. All the men wear slippers and fedoras and smoke pipes, all the girls are teenaged and wear poodle skirts, and all the boys are cute, freckle faced scamps with slingshots in their pockets. Parents sleep in separate beds and only kiss each other on the cheek.
The cover sets the tone for the nostalgic Fifties version of time living in a suburban paradise where everyone was always happy and there were no problems. This juxtapositions with the first impression of the book - the Fifties filtered through a different lens. Sexual repression and exploration, and perhaps a more informed view of that decade.
The cover sets the tone for the nostalgic Fifties version of time living in a suburban paradise where everyone was always happy and there were no problems. This juxtapositions with the first impression of the book - the Fifties filtered through a different lens. Sexual repression and exploration, and perhaps a more informed view of that decade.