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The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century
provides scholars, instructors, and students with the most
influential essays that have defined the field of American girls'
history and culture. A relatively new and energetic field of
inquiry, girl-centered research is critical for a fuller
understanding of women and gender, a deeper consideration of
childhood and adolescence, and a greater acknowledgment of the
significance of generation as a historical force in American
culture and society. Bringing together work from top scholars of
women and youth, The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The
Twentieth Century illustrates girls' centrality to major
twentieth-century forces such as immigration, labor, feminism, and
consumerism. Themes in this pioneering volume include girls' use of
fashion and music, their roles as workers, their friendships, and
new ideas about girls' bodies. While girls in the twentieth century
found new avenues for personal ambition and self-expression,
especially at school and in the realm of leisure and popular
culture, they continued to wrestle with traditional ideas about
feminine identity, socialization, and sexuality. Contributors are
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Rachel Devlin, Susan J. Douglas, Miriam
Forman-Brunell, Kyra D. Gaunt, Mary Celeste Kearney, Ilana Nash,
Mary Odem, Leslie Paris, Kathy Peiss, Vicki L. Ruiz, Kelly Schrum,
and Judy Yung.
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