Pink and blue [[electronic resource] ] : telling the boys from the girls in America / / Jo B. Paoletti

• Autore: Paoletti Jo Barraclough <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 646/.30973
• Soggetto topico: Boys' clothing - United States - History; Girls' clothing - United States - History; Clothing and dress - Sex differences - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 unisex
• Titolo autorizzato: Pink and blue
• ISBN: 1-280-12422-9; 9786613528087; 0-253-00130-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457263203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II