Homeward Bound: Containment of Happiness during the Cold War “Family Fever.” A constructive expression used to explain the outlook of the family boom as an inevitable result of the return to peace and prosperity after the “Hot War” is a central theme in Elaine Tyler May’s book entitled “Homeward Bound.” Marriages that were shaped and created from the 1940’s through the early 1960’s were particularly stable. The roles of breadwinner and homemaker were not …showed first 75 words of 979 total…

…showed last 75 words of 979 total…May conveyed a clear picture of family life during the time of “Family Fever.” A picture paints a thousand words. Elaine Tyler May’s book enhances our perspectives of the conformity of sexual containment and the suburban life style. Society simply wanted to return to peace and prosperity so they turned to marriage and family as an answer. Containment in America produced all of life’s necessities, for containment shaped and molded the American family.