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Autore |
Cahn Susan K |
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Titolo |
Sexual reckonings : Southern girls in a troubling age / / Susan K. Cahn |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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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 |
Southern States Social life and customs |
Southern States Race relations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. Focusing on the period from 1920 to 1960, Susan Cahn reveals how both the life of the South and the meaning of adolescence underwent |
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enormous political, economic, and social shifts. |
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