Prom night : youth, schools, and popular culture / / Amy L. Best

• Autore: Best Amy L. <1970->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 394/.3
• Soggetto topico: Proms - Social aspects - United States; Proms - United States - History - 20th century; High school students - United States - Social life and customs - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction A Night to Remember; Coming of Age at the Prom Adolescence and Popular Culture; Fashioning the Feminine Dresses, Jewelry, Hair, and More; Romancing the Prom Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and ~Just Friends~; Prom Promises Rules and Ruling: Proms as Sites of Social Control; The Divided Dance Floor Race in School; Breaking Rules Contesting the Prom; Conclusion Learning to Listen; Appendices; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Best shows us that, while the prom is often trivialized, most kids take the prom seriously. The prom is a space where kids work through their understanding of authority, social class, gender norms, and multicultural schooling. Proms are more than just pictures and puffed sleeves--they are a mythic part of youth culture and, for better or worse, will always be a night to remember.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prom night
• ISBN: 1-135-96090-9; 0-88677-840-9; 1-280-40743-3; 0-203-90640-3; 1-135-96091-7; 0-203-90516-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910171000603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II