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Reform and Resistance - Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,326
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Reform and Resistance - Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court (Paperback): Anne Meis Knupfer

Reform and Resistance - Gender, Delinquency, and America's First Juvenile Court (Paperback)

Anne Meis Knupfer

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Working in a tradition established by pioneering historians like Kathy Peiss, Lizabeth Cohen and George Chauncey, Anne Meis Knupfer has written the first thorough study of the Cook County Juvenile Court in Chicago, one of the myriad of Progressive initiatives designed to impose order on an increasingly diverse turn-of-the-century American city. From its inception, the Court concerned itself primarily with 'incorrigible' girls - those young (often immigrant or African-American) women caught riding in a closed automobile, loitering in a department store, or shimmying on the dance floor. Knupfer approaches encounters between delinquents and this new arm of the state as a series of narratives promulgated by legal operatives, state bureaucrats, female social workers and the girls themselves.
Using the elastic term 'delinquency' as their canvas, these parties painted conflicting portraits of modernizing America. They told stories about the emergence of the state, the gendered nature of professionalism, the dangers (and promise) of consumer culture, and the possibilities of pluralism.
Combining rigorous research with passionate writing, Reform and Resistance provides a unique examination of adolescence, sex, delinquency, race and gender.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2001
First published: 2001
Authors: Anne Meis Knupfer
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-92598-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > Juvenile offenders
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-415-92598-3
Barcode: 9780415925983

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