Girl Trouble Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women

Obsession with the conduct of young women has permeated society for over a century, be it over flappers, beat girls, dolly birds or ladettes. Eminent social historian Carol Dyhouse examines what it really meant to be a girl growing up in the twentieth century. This is a sparkling, panoramic account...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dyhouse, Carol, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Zed Books 2013.
Edición:2nd ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798202606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • White slavery and the seduction of innocents
  • Unwomanly types: New Women, revolting daughters and rebel girls
  • Brazen flappers, bright young things and 'Miss Modern'
  • Good-time girls, baby dolls and teenage brides
  • Coming of age in the 1960s: beat girls and dolly birds
  • Taking liberties: panic over permissiveness and women's liberation
  • Body anxieties, depressives, ladettes and living dolls: what happened to girl power?
  • Looking back.