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Author:

Cahn, Susan K.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

375 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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.
Southern States--Social life and customs.
Southern States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0674024524 (alk. paper)
9780674024526 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77520634

LCCN:

2006102565

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)