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Sexual reckonings : Southern girls in a troubling age / / Susan K. Cahn



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Autore: Cahn Susan K Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sexual reckonings : Southern girls in a troubling age / / Susan K. Cahn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina: 306.70835/209750904
Soggetto topico: Teenage girls, White - Southern States - Social conditions
Teenage girls, White - Sexual behavior - Southern States
African American teenage girls - Southern States - Social conditions
African American teenage girls - Sexual behavior - Southern States
African Americans - Segregation - Southern States
Dating (Social customs) - Southern States
Interracial dating - Southern States
School integration - Southern States
Soggetto geografico: Southern States Social life and customs
Southern States Race relations
Classificazione: NW 2708
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sexual reckonings  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-02914-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807007303321
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