03620nam 2200769 a 450 991080700730332120230207230517.00-674-02914-310.4159/9780674029149(CKB)1000000000786941(OCoLC)654743938(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318419(SSID)ssj0000244798(PQKBManifestationID)11188962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244798(PQKBWorkID)10170674(PQKB)10090279(MiAaPQ)EBC3300426(DE-B1597)457573(OCoLC)979777073(DE-B1597)9780674029149(Au-PeEL)EBL3300426(CaPaEBR)ebr10318419(OCoLC)923111162(EXLCZ)99100000000078694120061220d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSexual reckonings[electronic resource] Southern girls in a troubling age /Susan K. CahnCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (384 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02452-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index.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.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.Teenage girls, WhiteSouthern StatesSocial conditionsTeenage girls, WhiteSexual behaviorSouthern StatesAfrican American teenage girlsSouthern StatesSocial conditionsAfrican American teenage girlsSexual behaviorSouthern StatesAfrican AmericansSegregationSouthern StatesDating (Social customs)Southern StatesInterracial datingSouthern StatesSchool integrationSouthern StatesSouthern StatesSocial life and customsSouthern StatesRace relationsTeenage girls, WhiteSocial conditions.Teenage girls, WhiteSexual behaviorAfrican American teenage girlsSocial conditions.African American teenage girlsSexual behaviorAfrican AmericansSegregationDating (Social customs)Interracial datingSchool integration306.70835/209750904NW 2708rvkCahn Susan K1152776MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807007303321Sexual reckonings4080040UNINA