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Cahn Susan K |
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Sexual reckonings [[electronic resource] ] : Southern girls in a troubling age / / Susan K. Cahn |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Teenage girls, White - Southern States - Social conditions |
Teenage girls, White - Sexual behavior - Southern States |
African American teenage girls - Southern States - Social conditions |
African American teenage girls - Sexual behavior - Southern States |
African Americans - Segregation - Southern States |
Dating (Social customs) - Southern States |
Interracial dating - Southern States |
School integration - Southern States |
Electronic books. |
Southern States Social life and customs |
Southern States Race relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Scarlett redux -- "Holding excitement in their hands" : the Southern "girl problem" -- Spirited youth or fiends incarnate? -- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? The dangerous rhythms of rock 'n' roll -- The sexual paradox of high school desegregation -- Conclusion: Sex, memory, and the segregated past. |
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Sexual Reckonings is the fascinating tale of adolescent girls coming of age in the South during the most explosive decades for the region. |
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Focusing on the period from 1920 to 1960, Susan Cahn reveals how both the life of the South and the meaning of adolescence underwent enormous political, economic, and social shifts. |
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