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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778167603321

Autore

Cahn Susan K

Titolo

Sexual reckonings [[electronic resource] ] : Southern girls in a troubling age / / Susan K. Cahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-674-02914-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Classificazione

NW 2708

Disciplina

306.70835/209750904

Soggetti

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

Southern States Social life and customs

Southern States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Sexual Reckonings is the fascinating tale of adolescent girls coming of age in the South during the most explosive decades for the region. 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.