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Margaret K. Nelson, "Keeping Family Secrets: Shame and Silence in Memoirs from the 1950s" (NYU Press, 2022)

New Books in Sociology

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Family Secrets in the Post-World War II Era

This chapter explores the definition of family secrets and the consequences of revealing them. It delves into the time period of the 1950s and late 1940s and discusses various types of secrets that were common during that time. The chapter also examines the differences in discussions of secret homosexuality between memoirs written by men and women.

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