02738nam 2200625 a 450 991045726320332120200520144314.01-280-12422-997866135280870-253-00130-7(CKB)2550000000082715(EBL)816833(OCoLC)775869179(SSID)ssj0000612539(PQKBManifestationID)11371076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612539(PQKBWorkID)10570864(PQKB)11731808(MiAaPQ)EBC816833(OCoLC)864844624(MdBmJHUP)muse18200(Au-PeEL)EBL816833(CaPaEBR)ebr10537957(CaONFJC)MIL352808(EXLCZ)99255000000008271520111006d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPink and blue[electronic resource] telling the boys from the girls in America /Jo B. PaolettiBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00117-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Understanding Children's Clothing -- Dresses Are for Girls and Boys -- Pants Are for Boys and Girls -- A Boy Is Not a Girl -- Pink Is for Boys -- Unisex Child Rearing and Gender-Free Fashion -- Gendered and Neutral Clothing since 1985.Jo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, ""When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?"" To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in American children's clothing. She chronicles the decline of the white dress for both boys and girls, the introduction of rompers in the early 20th century, the gendering of pink and blue, the resurgence of unisexBoys' clothingUnited StatesHistoryGirls' clothingUnited StatesHistoryClothing and dressSex differencesUnited StatesElectronic books.Boys' clothingHistory.Girls' clothingHistory.Clothing and dressSex differences646/.30973Paoletti Jo Barraclough1949-873054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457263203321Pink and blue1948826UNINA