Domesticity

Domesticity

See also Wifeliness.

Crocker, Betty

leading brand of baking products; byword for one expert in homemaking skills. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 56]

Dick Van Dyke Show, The

series on the vicissitudes of middle-class living. [TV: Terrace, I, 208–209]

Donna Reed Show, The

joys and sorrows of a pediatrician and his family. [TV: Terrace, I, 220]

Flintstones, The

family life in the Stone Age. [TV: Terrace, I, 271–273]

hearth

symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738]

Honeymooners, The

nuts and bolts of American working-class life. [TV: Terrace, I, 365–366]

Keep the Home Fires Burning

song of love of home popular during World War I. [Music: Scholes, 549]

Leave It To Beaver

tranquil life in suburbia (1957-1963). [TV: Terrace II, 18]

March, Meg

devoted wife and mother. [Children’s Lit.: Little Women]

Martha, St.

patroness of housewives and cooks. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 345]

My Three Sons

trials and tribulations of womanless household. [TV: Terrace, II, 131–132]

Ozzie and Harriet

depicting home life, American style. [TV: “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” in Terrace, I, 34–35]

sage

symbolizes domestic virtue. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]

silky

female spirit who does household chores. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 364–365]

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.