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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826766703321

Autore

Dyhouse Carol

Titolo

Girl trouble : panic and progress in the history of young women / / Carol Dyhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22039-6

1-78360-160-4

1-299-28369-1

1-78032-555-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 pages)

Disciplina

305.24220904

Soggetti

Girls - History

Social & cultural history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.

Nota di contenuto

White slavery and the seduction of innocents -- Unwomanly types: New Women, revolting daughters and rebel girls -- Brazen flappers, bright young things and 'Miss Modern' -- Good-time girls, baby dolls and teenage brides -- Coming of age in the 1960s: beat girls and dolly birds -- Taking liberties: panic over permissiveness and women's liberation -- Body anxieties, depressives, ladettes and living dolls: what happened to girl power? -- Looking back.

Sommario/riassunto

Obsession with the conduct of young women has permeated society for over a century, be it over flappers, beat girls, dolly birds or ladettes. Eminent social historian Carol Dyhouse examines what it really meant to be a girl growing up in the twentieth century. This is a sparkling, panoramic account of the ever-evolving opportunities and challenges for girls, the new ways they have able to speak up for themselves, and the popular hysteria that has frequently accompanied their progress.