Angela Carter-context

‘make do and men’ approach

rationing for items did not stop till the mid 1950s

1945

introduction of welfare state: free healthcare and education for all

1948

radical and innovative establishment of a national health service that provided medical treatment available to all

1960

oral contraceptive pill- impact on social relations between men and women

old values

rise of television age challenged traditional perspective as the world fit into a smaller screen

1970s

second wave feminism movement, increase in unemployment due to industrial strikes in Britain, turn towards monetarism in Britain

1982

Britain went to war against with the Falkland Islands

Margret Thatcher victorian values

there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families

1989

demolition of Berlin Wall in 1989 that was the ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe

1984

the miner strikes

1957

anorexia- affects academic performance

1960

marries Paul Carter

1962

studies English at Bristol University

1967

the magic toyshop- wins John Llewellyn Rhys prize

Decriminalisation of homosexuality in Britain

1971

Women’s liberation march in London

1975

end of the Vietnam war

1976

the sex pistols release the single ‘anarchy in the UK’

1979

the sadeian women and the bloody chamber published

1969

separates from husband

1977

marries second husband Mark Pearce

1982

Television of the Magic toyshop