Family Values vs. Philandering Suicidal Mothers
In the days before most Western women could control the size of their families, obtain no-fault divorces, or achieve financial freedom, a magnificent breed of novels portrayed the lives of spirited women who beat helplessly against the societal walls that confined them.
Through a Traumatic Cultural Seam: Mad Men and Downton Abbey
While Mad Men and Downton Abbey might fetishize a decadent or politically incorrect past, they take equal pleasure in portraying — even idealizing — the rise of new cultural choices and values.