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Delinquents and Debutantes

Author : Sherrie A. Inness
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814737730
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Delinquents and Debutantes written by Sherrie A. Inness and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors, including such leading scholars as Vicki L. Ruiz, Jennifer Scanlon, and Miriam Formanek-Brunell, examine myriad ways in which a variety of discourses and activities from popular girls' magazines and advertisements to babysitting and the Girl Scouts help form girls' experiences of what it means to be a girl, and later a woman, in our society. The essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls, dolls and political ideologies, Nancy Drew and the Filipina American experience, the queering of girls' detective fiction, and female juvenile delinquency to demonstrate how cultural discourses shape both the young and teenage girl in America. Although girls' culture has until now received comparatively little attention from scholars, this work confirms that understanding the culture of girls is essential to understanding how gender works in our society. Making a significant contribution to a long-neglected area of social and cultural inquiry, Delinquents and Debutantes will be of central interest to those in women's studies, American studies, history, literature, and cultural studies.

Delinquents and Debutantes

Author : Sherrie A. Inness
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814737641
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Delinquents and Debutantes written by Sherrie A. Inness and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume to examine young girls' culture in the U.S. in the 20th century. Essays address such topics as board games and the socialization of adolescent girls, dolls and political ideologies, female juvenile delinquency, and more, to demonstrate how cultural discourses shape both the young and teenage girl in America. 9 illustrations.

Disciplining Girls

Author : Joe Sutliff Sanders
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421403773
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Disciplining Girls written by Joe Sutliff Sanders and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of some of the most beloved children’s novels is a passionate discussion about discipline, love, and the changing role of girls in the twentieth century. Joe Sutliff Sanders traces this debate as it began in the sentimental tales of the mid-nineteenth century and continued in the classic orphan girl novels of Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. M. Montgomery, and other writers still popular today. Domestic novels published between 1850 and 1880 argued that a discipline that emphasized love was the most effective and moral form. These were the first best sellers in American fiction, and by reimagining discipline as a technique of the heart—rather than of the whip—they ensured their protagonists a secure, if limited, claim on power. This same ideal was adapted by women authors in the early twentieth century, who transformed the sentimental motifs of domestic novels into the orphan girl story made popular in such novels as Anne of Green Gables and Pollyanna. Through close readings of nine of the most influential orphan girl novels, Sanders provides a seamless historical narrative of American children’s literature and gender from 1850 until 1923. He follows his insightful literary analysis with chapters on sympathy and motherhood, two themes central to both American and children’s literature, and concludes with a discussion of contemporary ideas about discipline, abuse, and gender. Disciplining Girls writes an important chapter in the history of American, women’s, and children’s literature, enriching previous work about the history of discipline in America.

Windows and Words

Author : Aïda Hudson
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 0776617435
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Windows and Words written by Aïda Hudson and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2003-08-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays confirms and celebrates the artistry of Canadian children's literature. Contributors include Janet Lunn and Tim Wynne-Jones.

The Season: A Social History of the Debutante

Author : Kristen Richardson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393608743
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Season: A Social History of the Debutante written by Kristen Richardson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Smithsonian Best History Book of 2019 “Sparkling.” —Genevieve Valentine, NPR Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries, letters, and interviews conducted at contemporary balls. Richardson takes the reader from Georgian England to colonial Philadelphia, from the Antebellum South and Wharton’s New York to the reimagined rituals of African American communities. Originally conceived as a way to wed daughters to suitable men, debutante rituals have adapted and evolved as marriage and women’s lives have changed. An inquiry into the ritual’s enduring cultural significance, The Season also reveals the complex emotional world of the girls at its center, whose every move was scrutinized and judged, and on whose backs family fortunes rested.

Girl Groups, Girl Culture

Author : Jacqueline Warwick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135875782
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Girl Groups, Girl Culture written by Jacqueline Warwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Then He Kissed Me, He's A Rebel, Chains, Stop! In the Name of Love all these songs capture the spirit of an era and an image of "girlhood" in post-World War II America that still reverberates today. While there were over 1500 girl groups recorded in the '60s--including key hitmakers like the Ronettes, the Supremes, and the Shirelles - studies of girl-group music that address race, gender, class, and sexuality have only just begun to appear. Warwick is the first writer to address '60s girl group music from the perspective of its most significant audience--teenage girls--drawing on current research in psychology and sociology to explore the important place of this repertoire in the emotional development of young girls of the baby boom generation. Girl Groups, Girl Culture stands as a landmark study of this important pop music and cultural phenomenon. It promises to be a classic work in American musicology and cultural studies.

Faith in the Market

Author : John Michael Giggie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813530994
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Faith in the Market written by John Michael Giggie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the many ways in which religious groups actually embraced commercial culture to establish an urban presence. [back cover].

Defining Deviance

Author : Michael A. Rembis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252036069
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Defining Deviance written by Michael A. Rembis and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the case files of the State Training school of Geneva, Illinois, the author presents a history of delinquent girls in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on contemporary perceptions of gender, sexuality, class, disability and eugenics, the work examines the involuntary commitment of girls and young women deemed by reformers to be "defective" and shows both the dominant social trends of the day as well as the ways in which the victims of these policies sought to mitigate their conditions.

Youth, Crime and Justice

Author : Cyndi Banks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041578123X
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Youth, Crime and Justice written by Cyndi Banks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth, Crime and Justice encourages readers to explore the connections between social, political, economic and cultural conditions and juvenile crime. It clearly examines all the important comparative and transnational research studies for each topic. Throughout, appropriate qualitative studies are used to provide context and explain the theories in practice. This accessible and innovative textbook will be an indispensable resource for senior undergraduates and postgraduates in criminology, criminal justice and sociology.

Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon

Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807862096
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon written by Eduardo Obregón Pagán and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004-07-21 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notorious 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as white soldiers in the city attacked minority youths and burned their distinctive zoot suits. Eduardo Obregon Pagan here provides the first comprehensive social history of both the trial and the riot and argues that they resulted from a volatile mix of racial and social tensions that had long been simmering. In reconstructing the lives of the murder victim and those accused of the crime, Pagan contends that neither the convictions (which were based on little hard evidence) nor the ensuing riot arose simply from anti-Mexican sentiment. He demonstrates instead that a variety of pre-existing stresses, including demographic pressures, anxiety about nascent youth culture, and the war effort all contributed to the social tension and the eruption of violence. Moreover, he recovers a multidimensional picture of Los Angeles during World War II that incorporates the complex intersections of music, fashion, violence, race relations, and neighborhood activism. Drawing upon overlooked evidence, Pagan concludes by reconstructing the murder scene and proposes a compelling theory about what really happened the night of the murder.

Dancing Black, Dancing White

Author : Julie Malnig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197536255
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Dancing Black, Dancing White written by Julie Malnig and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing Black, Dancing White: Rock 'n' Roll, Race, and Youth Culture of the 1950s and Early 1960s offers a new look at the highly popular phenomenon of the televised teen dance program. These teen shows were incubators of new styles of social and popular dance and both reflected and shaped pressing social issues of the day. Often referred to as "dance parties," the televised teen dance shows helped cultivate a nascent youth culture in the post-World War II era. The youth culture depicted on the shows, however, was primarily white. Black teenagers certainly had a youth culture of their own, but the injustice was glaring: Black culture was not always in evident display on the airwaves, as television, like the nation at large, was deeply segregated and appealed to a primarily white, homogenous audience. The crux of the book, then, is twofold: to explore how social and popular dance styles were created and disseminated within the new technology of television and to investigate how the shows both reflected and re-affirmed the racial politics and attitudes of the time. The 1950s was a watershed decade for American culture and dance. The era witnessed the ascendancy of rock and roll music and recorded sound, the rise of the teenager as a marketing demographic, the beginnings of television, and a new phase of the country's struggle with race. The story of televised teen dance told here is about Black and white teenagers wanting to dance to rock 'n' roll music despite the barriers placed on their ability to do so. It is also a story that fuses issues of race, morality, and sexuality. Dancing Black, Dancing White weaves together these elements to tell two stories: that of the different experiences of Black and white adolescents and their desires to have a space of their own where they could be seen, heard, appreciated, and understood.

Babysitter

Author : Miriam Forman-Brunell
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081472759X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Babysitter written by Miriam Forman-Brunell and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-07-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history. --from publisher description.

Queer Girls and Popular Culture

Author : Susan Driver
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820479361
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Queer Girls and Popular Culture written by Susan Driver and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook

Making Avonlea

Author : Irene Gammel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802084330
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Making Avonlea written by Irene Gammel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invoking theories of popular culture, film, literature, drama, and tourism, contributors probe the emotional attachment and loyalty of many generations of readers to L.M. Montgomery's books.

The Cute and the Cool

Author : Gary S. Cross
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195156668
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Cute and the Cool written by Gary S. Cross and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cute child - spunky, yet dependent, naughty but nice - is largely a 20th-century invention. In this book, Gary Cross examines how that look emerged in American popular culture and how the cute turned into the cool, seemingly its opposite, in stories and games.

Fairy Tales on the Teen Screen

Author : Athena Bellas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319649736
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Fairy Tales on the Teen Screen written by Athena Bellas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the fairy tale is currently being redeployed and revised on the contemporary teen screen. The author redeploys Victor Turner’s work on liminality for a feminist agenda, providing a new and productive method for thinking about girlhood onscreen. While many studies of teenagehood and teen film briefly invoke Turner’s concept, it remains an underdeveloped framework for thinking about youth onscreen. The book’s broad scope across teen media—including film, television, and online media—contributes to the need for contemporary analysis and theorisation of our multimedia cultural climate.

Modeling Minority Women

Author : Reshmi J. Hebbar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135873402
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Modeling Minority Women written by Reshmi J. Hebbar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful study reconceptualizes ideas of ethnic literature while investigating the construction of ethnic heroines, shifting the focus away from cultural politics and considering instead narrative or poetic qualities which involve surprising relationships between Anglo-American women's writing and fiction produced by Asian American and African American women authors.